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SOCIE T Y , A ND P O L IT IC S
OBJECTIVES
GROUP 1: GENDER
GROUP 2: SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
GROUP 3: ETHNICITY
GROUP 4: RELIGION
GROUP 5: EXEPTIONALITY
GROUP 6: NATIONALITY
CULTURE
• SUM OF AN INDIVIDUAL’S WAY OF LIFE, RANGING FROM
THE FOOD HE OR SHE EATS, THE CLOTHES HE OR SHE
WEARS, AND THE HOUSE WHERE HE OR SHE LIVES.
• INCLUDES BOTH THE MATERIAL AND NON-MATERIAL
THINGS THAT HE/SHE POSSESSES OR ACQUIRES.
• NON-MATERIAL THINGS:ARE THE NORMS AND VALUES AS
WELL AS THE INTANGIBLE ASPECTS OF HIS/HER EXISTENCE
CULTURE
• INCLUDES FADS, AND FASHION TRENDS, MANNERS AND
TABOOS AS WELL AS SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND
TECHNOLOGY THAT MANIFEST THROUGH TANGIBLE
ASPECTS SUCH AS: ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING
WONDERS, ADVANCEMENTS IN MEDICINE, AND
BREAKTHROUGHS IN TRANSPORTATION AND
COMMUNICATION
SOCIETY
• DEFINED AS AN ORGANIZED GROUP OR GROUPS OF
INTERDEPENDENT PEOPLE WHO SHARE A COMMON
TERRITORY,LANGUAGE, AND CULTURE, AND WHO ACT
TOGETHER FOR COLELCTIVE SURVIVAL AND WELL-BEING
• THE WAYS THAT PEOPLE DEPEND UPON ONE ANOTHER CAN BE
SEEN IN DIFFERENT SOCIAL FEATURES, SUCH AS THEIR
ECONOMIC, COMMUNICATION AND DEFENSE SYSTEMS
SOCIETY
• CAME FROM THE LATIN WORD “SOCIETAS”, WHICH IN
TURN WAS DERIVED FROM THE NOUN “SOCIUS”
(COMRADE, FRIEND, ALLY) USED TO DESCRIBE A BOND
OR INTERACTION BETWEEN PARTIES THAT ARE
FRIENDLY, OR AT LEAST CIVIL.
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SOCIETY
HUMAN BEINGS ARE
“HUMAN BEINGS ARE “ ZOON POLITIKON” OR
CREATURES
POLITICAL WHOSE
ANIMALS. – ARISTOTLE
NATURE IS TO LIVE IN A
SOCIETY OR GROUP
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SOCIETY
METHODOLOGICAL INDIVIDUALISM
- STATES THAT COLLECTIVE CONCEPTS
SUCH AS GROUPS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND
SOCIETIES DO NOT EXIST, BUT ONLY
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
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SOCIETY
SOCIAL REALISM
- STATES THAT SOCIETY IS REALITY SUI
GENERIS AND CANNOT BE REDUCED TO
INDIVIDUAL AGGREGATES OR PARTS. (EMILE
DURKHEIM- FATHER OF FRENCH SOCIOLOGY)
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There can be no
culture without a
society and so far
there are no known
human societies that
do not exhibit culture.
POLITICS
• EXECUTIVE
• COMPOSED OF THE PRESIDENT OR THE PRIME MINISTER
• GRANTED WITH EXECUTIVE POWER , THE RIGHT TO EXECUTE GOVERNANCE AND IMPLEMENT LAWS
• LEGISLATURE
• INCLUDES THE SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN
• GRANTED THE LEGISLATIVE POWER TO MAKE AND PASS LAWS FOR THE EXECUTIVE POWER TO IMPLEMENT
• JUDICIARY
• ARE TASKED TO INTERPRET LAWS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SOCIETY’S STANDARDS AND NORMS
GENDER
• IS THE SOCIALLY-CONSTRUCTED CHARACTERISTICS OF BEING MALE OR FEMALE
• REFERS TO SOCIETY’S DIVISION OF HUMANITY INTO TWO DISTINCTIVE CATEGORIES
BASED ON SEX
• SERVES AS A GUIDE ON HOW MALES AND FEMALES THINK AND ACT ABOUT
THEMSELVES; THE WAYS THEY INTERACT WITH OTHERS; AND HOW THEY PERFORM
THEIR VARIOUS ROLES IN SOCIETY