SOCIETY

Definition of Society

Society refers to a collection of people living in a country over a period of time

Society can also be used to describe the lifestyle of the wealthy. This can be described in terms of those persons who belong to the “high society”

Society is a guide to behavior. For example, John could not be married to at the age of 13 since according to society this is not considered proper.

The Sociologist And Society

A sociologist is someone who is involved in the systematic study of society. Society refers to the overall unit, however, within this large group there are sub-divisions such as socio-economic group, religious affiliation, racial group, ethnic group and geographical area.

Society

Socio Economic Group Religious Affiliation Racial Group Ethnic Group Geographical Area

The Sociologist And Social Groups

Society influences how we behave in terms of:

Social Institutions Social Organizations

Social Institutions

This Institutions include: The economy Education Politics Religion FamilySociologist regard them as a group of

cherished ideas and beliefs that we have as a society and about how we want our lives organised.

Social Organisations

Social Organizations are the arrangements made to translate the ideas and beliefs that society has about how we want aspects of our lives organized into practice, for example schools, curricula, churches, dogma and ritual.

Shared Common Purposes

A shared common purpose include members of the Caribbean having the same aims or objectives. One such example include, all members of the Caribbean countries having the common purpose of achieving a well rounded education

A defined Territorial space

The Caribbean region include all of the countries that is washed by the Caribbean sea. This can be described as the Caribbean’s defined Territorial space.

Continuity over time and space

In the Caribbean continuity exist within areas of education, culture, politics etc. This is so since in all Caribbean territories these principles make up the society

Citizenship within a space

Citizenship denotes the link between a person an a state associated with the right to work and live in the country and participate in political life.