Institutions

  • Term from sociology
  • Concern with organising structures of society
  • Social, cultural, political, economic relations
  • Principles, values, rules that underly these

Eg. “Marriage’ as a social institution

Social

  • Symbolises a joining of two people
  • Society encourages us to aspire to get married
  • Reproduction of class
  • Commitment to one another

Cultural

  • Joining of families
  • In Law’s
  • True love
  • Monogranny
  • Fulfilling

Political

  • Between a man and a women
  • Same sex couples

Symbolic

  • Rings
  • Wedding dress
  • Photo album
  • Public commitment

Legal

  • It is a legal contract
  • May be a religious contract
  • Tac implications

Economic

  • Weddings (billon dollar industry)
  • Realestate