Institutions: a term from sociology, concern with organising structures of society, social cultural political and economic relations, principles and values and rules that underly these.

Brian used Marriage as an example of a social institution.

But why is marriage an institution?

-expectations

-values

-monogamy

-rituals

-legal framework

-widely accepted

all of these aspects come together and class marriage as an institution.

In order to fully understand, and clarify it in my own head. Brain suggested ‘The Wire”: in which demonstrates individuals struggling against the institutions they find themselves in. Each season of The Wire introduces a different institution in the city of Baltimore and its relationship to law enforcement. In chronological order they are: the illegal drug trade, the seaport system, the city government and bureaucracy, the school system, and the print news media. Here is an interview with Barack Obama and the creator of ‘The Wire’, David Simon.