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DEFINITION OF
SOCIETY
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DEFINITION
OF SOCIETY
There are diferentunderstandings to the
term society amongsociologists andlaypersons
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DEFINITION OF SOCIETY CONTD
Sociological De!nition" # society is usually associated $ith anation state $here people e%ist $ithin a
geographical &oundary or are &ound &ythe same economic and politicalauthority' the term includes all therelationships that accompany this The
term is also used to descri&e a group o(people &ound &y a common purpose
)(or eg # geological society or asociological society*
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DEFINITION OF SOCIETY CONTD
+ayperson de!nitions" Society is a collection o( people
li,ing in the same geographicalarea o,er time Society is also used to descri&e
the li(estyles o( the $ealthy Society is a guide to &eha,iour
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CHARACTERISTICS
OF SOCIETY
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C-#.#CTE.ISTICS OF SOCIETY
# Society is the largest unit orgroup to $hich an indi,idual&elongs
Interdependence Society is a net$or/ o( socialrelationships
Society is a&stract &ecause socialrelationships can &e (elt andac/no$ledged0 &ut cannot &e seen
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C-#.#CTE.ISTICS OF SOCIETYCONTD
Society is dynamic ie it is al$ayschanging
It satis!es the means o( its
mem&ers It is a sel(1su2cient social system Society has its o$n culture
3opulation Characteristics determinethe general social patterns o( agroup o( people li,ing $ithin acertain geographical area
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C-#.#CTE.ISTICS OF SOCIETYCONTD
It (orms a social structure throughsocial institutions SocialInstitutions are organi4ed
relationships among people $hichtend to per(orm speci!c Inaction$ithin the society Eg School0
church0 go,ernment and (amilyEach institution0 has a directefect on the society in $hich it
e%ists
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TYPES OF SOCIETIES
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TY3ES OF SOCIETIES
-unting and gatheringsocieties
3astoral societies -orticultural societies
#gricultural societies Industrial societies 3ost1industrial societies
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-5NTIN6 #ND 6#T-E.IN6 SOCIETIES
Hunting and gathering ocietieare theearliest (orm o( society The mem&ers sur,i,eprimarily &y hunting0 trapping0 !shing0 andgathering edi&le plants # ma8ority o( themem&ers9 time is spent loo/ing (or andgathering (ood # hunting and gatheringsociety has !,e characteristics"
: Family is the society9s primary institutionFamily determines the distri&ution o( (oodand ho$ to sociali4e children
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-5NTIN6 #ND 6#T-E.IN6SOCIETIES CONTD
;These societies are small 0 theygenerally ha,e less than -unting and gathering societies
are no!adic0 $hich means that theymo,e constantly in order to !nd (oodand $ater
? @em&ers o( hunting and gatheringsocieties are mutually dependentupon each other
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-5NTIN6 #ND 6#T-E.IN6SOCIETIES CONTD
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3#STO.#+ SOCIETIES
3astoral societies &egan around:;0=== years ago These societiesrely on products o&tained through
the domestication and &reeding o(animals (or transportation and(ood 3astoral societies are
common in areas $here cropscannot &e supported0 (or e%amplein North #(rica 3astoral Societiesallo$ (or 8o& speciali4ation
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HORT
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-O.TIC5+T5.#+ SOCIETIES
These societies rely on theculti,ation o( (ruits0 ,egeta&les0and plants in order to sur,i,e
-orticultural societies are o(ten(orced to relocate $hen the
resources o( the land are depleted
or $hen the $ater suppliesdecrease
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AGRIC
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#6.IC5+T5.#+ SOCIETIES
#lso re(erred to as agrariansocieties0 agricultural societies relyon the use o( technology in order to
culti,ate crops in large areas0including $heat0 rice0 and corn Thetechnological ad,ances led to anincrease in (ood supplies0 an increasein population0 and the de,elopmento( trade centers This period o(technological changes is re(erred to
as the #gricultural .e,olution and
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IND5ST.I#+ SOCIETIES
#n industrial society is one thatuses ad,ances in technology todri,e a strong manu(acturing
industry that $ill support a largepopulation In most cases0 theo&8ecti,e o( an industrial economy
is the mass production o( goods0$hich is the (ast and e2cientmanu(acturing o( standardi4edproducts
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P
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3OST1IND5ST.I#+ SOCIETIES
A term used by social theorists to describe
the stage of economic development that
follows industrialization.# postindustrial
society is a social system in $hichmost economic acti,ity is concerned$ith pro,iding ser,ices &ased on/no$ledge more than $ith producing
goods 3eoples primary in,ol,ementis $ith other people rather than $ithra$ materials or machinerytechnology.