In sociology, a social system is the patterned network of relationships constituting a coherent whole that exist between individuals, groups, and institutions...

The Social Credit System (Chinese: 社会信用体系; pinyin: shèhuì xìnyòng tǐxì) is a national credit rating and blacklist implemented by the government of the...

The Social Security System (SSS; Filipino: Paseguruhan ng mga Naglilingkod sa Pribado; is a state-run social insurance program in the Philippines to workers...

social structures significantly influence larger systems, such as economic systems, legal systems, political systems, cultural systems, etc. Social structure...

Social systems theory may refer to one of the following theories: Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems Actor–network theory, a theoretical and methodological...

Asia have a system of social stratification arising from concepts other than "pure" and "impure", which are integral to the caste system in India. It...

Although she says that this system prevailed among most African peoples, not only the southern Bantu, this is doubtful. This social structure prevalent among...

Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships...

System justification theory is a theory within social psychology that system-justifying beliefs serve a psychologically palliative function. It proposes...

welfare of society, providing a range of social services such as those described. Some historians view systems of codified almsgiving, like the zakat policy...

fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system. Within such a system, individuals...

social environment, that modes of social organization were not supernatural or metaphysical constructs but products of the social system and social environment...

to coherent systems of human relations, technical objects, and cybernetic processes that inhere to large, complex infrastructures. Social society, and...

given community. An economic system is a type of social system. The mode of production is a related concept. All economic systems must confront and solve the...

The social security system in Russia incorporates various forms of government support intended to provide adequate standard of living and improve the quality...

A social-ecological system consists of 'a bio-geo-physical' unit and its associated social actors and institutions. Social-ecological systems are complex...

to certain social groups. Although comparable forms of discrimination are found all over the world, untouchability involving the caste system is largely...

[into] a systems and developmentally oriented organizational psychology," some theorists recognize that organizations have complex social systems; separating...

A social network is a social structure consisting of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), networks of dyadic ties, and other...

Social rule system theory is an attempt to formally approach different kinds of social rule systems in a unified manner. Social rules systems include...

World-systems theory (also known as world-systems analysis or the world-systems perspective) is a multidisciplinary approach to world history and social change...

cultural system is the interaction of different elements in culture. While a cultural system is very different from a social system, sometimes both systems together...

action system (including the human condition paradigm), so that AGIL also defines the cultural system, the personality system etc. The social system represents...

itself, adopters, communication channels, time, and a social system. This process relies heavily on social capital. The innovation must be widely adopted in...

understanding simple and complex systems in nature and society, which leads to the advancements of formal, natural, social, and applied attributions throughout...

complex non-linear systems, which are difficult to study with classical mathematical equation-based models. Robert Axelrod regards social simulation as a...

as power grid, transportation or communication systems, complex software and electronic systems, social and economic organizations (like cities), an ecosystem...

The educational system generally refers to the structure of all institutions and the opportunities for obtaining education within a country. It includes...

subsequently systems theory. Today the concept has its applications in the natural and social sciences. In the natural sciences an open system is one whose...

guidance. Family relationships, social and economic affairs, administration, rights and duties of citizens, judicial system, laws of war and peace and international...