Social Organization
Social Organization
Social Organization
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
The process by which people group themselves together for the purpose of
obtaining a common goal.
A pattern of relationships between and among individuals and social groups.
Sanctions:
- if the member does not follow the norms he is compelled to follow them through sanctions
(conditions) which may range from warning to physical punishment.
CLANS
• MATRILINEAL CLAN
the tracing descent through the
female line. it may also correlate with
a societal system in which each
person is identified with their
matriline- their mother's lineage- and
which van involve the inheritance of
property and/or titles.
• PATRILINEAL CLAN
male line, the spear side or agnatic
kinship, is a common kinship system
in which an individual's family
membership derives from and is
recorded through his or her father's
lineage. It generally involves the
inheritance of property, rights, names,
or titles by persons related through
male kin.
COGNATIC DESCENT
BILATERAL DESCENT
a system of family lineage in
which the relatives on mother's
side and father's side are equally
important for emotional ties or
for transfer of property or wealth.
It is a family arrangement where
descent and inheritance are
passed equally through both
parents.
DOUBLE DESCENT
refers to societies in which both
the patrilineal and matrilineal
descent group are recognized. In
these societies an individual
affiliates for some purposes with
a group of patrilineal kinsmen
and for other purposes with a
group of matrilineal kinsmen.