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 being developed by the government of...

The Social Security System (SSS; Filipino: Paseguruhan ng Kapanatagang Panlipunan) is a state-run, social insurance program in the Philippines to workers...

how this type of system should be planned, designed, implemented, built, and maintained. Social and cognitive sciences recognize systems in models of individual...

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

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

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...

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

to those who have previously contributed (e.g. most pension systems), as opposed to social assistance programs which provide support on the basis of need...

Muslim communities in South Asia apply a system of social stratification. The stratification that operates among Muslims arises from concerns other than...

Social systems theory may refer to one of the following theories: Actor–network theory, a theoretical and methodological approach to social theory where...

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 science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The...

the individual, the second with the social system. This is different from social reproduction and social mobility because instead of looking at the intergenerational...

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

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

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...

social organisation, the social structure and the mating system. The intersection of these three structures describe the socially complex behaviours and...

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

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

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

Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of dominance and privilege are held by men. The term patriarchy is used both in anthropology to describe...

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

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

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

distribution of rights and privileges, social power, access to public goods such as education or the judicial system, adequate housing, transportation, credit...

social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and other social interactions...

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

theory was the first broad, systematic, and generalizable theory of social systems developed in the United States and Europe. Some of Parsons' largest...