Society
Society is a unity of people who share common values, traditions, and mindsets within one territory and find standard technologies according to their striving. Economy, culture, and society have many ties that define their stage of development. Throughout human history, the economic state of one territorial unit changed the ways people interacted with each other. The type of interactions formed the culture and its rules, norms, and moral values. Society structure depends upon the roles and statuses that have taken root in society. Achieved status and master status have a direct impact on the economic state as people change their areas of interest and occupation. Ascribed status, for instance, the status of women or men, children, or older people, almost always remains stable. Hence, the blocks which build society are flexible enough to ensure the relative stability of human development.
Family
A social institution is a type of behavior and believes organized to serve a particular purpose. The family is a fundamental institution that shapes the consciousness of children, teenagers, and young people, and it is responsible for passing values from generation to generation. Youth can either accept traditional roles, and statuses or they can neglect them. The process of selecting values determines the culture of new generations. New generations, in turn, influence the development of world society and, therefore, form the trends in economy and culture. One may argue that social institutions are conventional, but young people are the ones who react instantly to the changes in social interaction and implement them within one family. Thus, a family institution is one of the smallest groups in society, but it has the fastest impact on society’s value system.
Social Relationship
Social relationships hinge on the functions, roles, and statuses obtained within one society. It is necessary to comprehend the difference between a status and a role. Status is one’s position in society, for instance, lawyers, politicians, and big business owners may have a high position. A role is society’s expectations of one’s impact, the rights, and obligations one person may have. For example, politicians are supposed to be the representatives of a particular society; they need to understand their motivation and technologies. Moreover, not all people perform the role due to their status. There may be some role conflict if a person has one status but performs the tasks not inherent in it or role strain if a single status prevents a person from performing various functions. One’s role and status define the quality of social interaction and forming of social relationships.
Interaction with the Society
Social institutions are the following: the family, the economic institution, the political institution, education, and religion. The family influences the formation of a particular personality and their decisions in accepting the existing values and beliefs. The economic institution is responsible for recruiting and managing people so they will participate in the production process and perform the functions necessary for coordinated work. The political institution exerts its influence on the distribution of power in society. Thus, a type of government has always defined the quality of social interaction, equality or inequality of people, their perceiving of statuses, and shaping of value systems. Education has always reflected society norms and taught the necessary skills for social interaction. Religion, in turn, has assisted people in comprehending morals and ethics.
Globalization
Globalization is a process of uniting people based on their ideas, resources, striving, and technologies. The transition of many societies from agricultural to industrial policy marked significant changes in social interaction. For example, the opening of production gave rise to the concept of the working collective, and the need for international trade led to the development of diplomacy. The advent of the Internet and social networks has become a crucial factor in uniting people for common goals notion of the global village has appeared as many people share their values rapidly due to instant social interaction. Babones and Aberg (2019) state that ″By a world society we understand not merely a degree of interaction …, but a sense of common interest and common values on the basis of which common rules and institutions may be built.″ (p.295) It explains why even small groups of people united for a common goal create principles that define globalization.
The Consequences of Globalization upon Society
Globalization changes society as new forms of communication appear; instant messengers allow agreeing on the latest ideas rapidly. Social stratification is much more possible now when people who share common values and beliefs connect through the Internet and find the necessary tools to cooperate efficiently. Babones and Aberg (2019) analyze the six networks of power in world society: military, political, economic, credit, knowledge, and ideological. They concern the dominance of one group over another, as well as the unequal distribution of power. Although these social units play perhaps the most vital role in the social structure, the authors do not deny the role of smaller groups.
The Consequences of Globalization upon Family
The family as a social institution modifies, too, as the dominance of industrial policy changes not only the economic state of a country but the roles of social classes as well. Intergenerational mobility marked the ability of people to change their social statuses despite the social positions of previous generations. Given the development of modern technology and the emergence of remote work, families can spend more time together or quickly change their place of residence. However, focusing on the result of work can hinder the formation of a healthy atmosphere inside the family. To summarize, globalization changes the economy as it becomes impersonal, and the economy, in its turn, modifies the daily life of a particular family.
References
Babones, S., &Aberg, H.C. J. (2019). Globalization and the rise of integrated world society: Deterritorialization, structural power, and the endogenization of international society. International Theory. 11(3), 293-317. Web.