Success And Failure Of Social Systems.
                     SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF 
SOCIAL SYSTEMS
INTRODUCTION
• In sociology, social system is the patterned network of relationships constituting a 
coherent whole that exist between individuals, groups, and institutions. 
• It is the formal structure of role and status that can form in a small, stable group.
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ELEMENTS OF 
SOCIAL SYSTEM
Faiths and Knowledge
• The faith and knowledge brings about the uniformity in the behaviour. They act as 
controlling agency of different types of human societies. The faiths or the faith is the 
result of the prevalent customs and beliefs.
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Sentiment
• Man does not live by reason alone. Sentiments – filial, social, notional etc. have 
played immense role in investing society with continuity. It is directly linked with the 
culture of the people.
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End Goal or object
• Man is born social and dependent. He has to meet his requirements and fulfill his 
obligations. Man and society exist between needs and satisfactions, end and goal. 
These determine the nature of social system. 
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Social Systems that Fail
• Restrictions on the free flow of information.
• The subjugation of women.
• Inability to accept responsibility for individual or collective failure.
• The extended family or clan as the basic unit of social organization.
• Domination by a restrictive religion.
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Social Systems that Succeed
• Another perspective on social systems is provided by looking at systems that 
succeed. Physicist David Brin argues that successful systems are characterized by 
rules that allow new ideas to emerge and compete with old ideas, with the better ideas 
winning.
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Structure and social organization
• The term structure has been applied to human societies since the 19th century. 
Before that time, its use was more common in other fields such as construction or 
biology.
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Maintenance of Social System
• A social system is maintained by the various mechanisms of social control. These 
mechanisms maintain the equilibrium between the various processes of social 
interaction.
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Functions of Social System
• Social system is a functional arrangement. It would not exist if it were not so. Its 
functional character ensures social stability and continuity. 
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