DISS/1ST LESSON/M8/4TH QUARTER

• Characteristics of Institutions


  • Structures (formal or informal) that are the most significant element
  • Stability over time
  • Regulator of individual behavior
  • Shared values among members
• Structure


  The most significant element of an institution, which may be formal (legislature, bureaucracy, political parties, mass-media) or informal (a network of interacting organizations or a set of shared norms)
• Institutionalism provides no place for individuals and their interests, rather it involves groups of individuals in some sort of patterned interactions that is predictable based upon specified relationships among the actors
• Stability


  The existence of some sort of stability over time, e.g. a committee meeting that occurs routinely at the same place
• Regulator of individual behavior

  Institutions must in some way (formally or informally) constrain the behavior of its members
• Characteristics of Institutions


  • Structures - The most significant element of an institution (formal or informal)
  • Stability - The existence of some sort of stability over time
  • Regulator of individual behavior - Institutions must in some way (formal/informal) constrain the behavior of its members
  • Shared Values - There should be some sense of shared values among the members
• Institutionalism provides no place for individuals and their interests
• Institutionalism involves groups of individuals in some sort of patterned interactions that is predictable based upon specified relationships among the actors
• If members do not attach importance and obligation to attend a meeting, it may not be considered as an institution
• Institutionalism


  Provides no place for individuals and their interests, rather it involves groups of individuals in some sort of patterned interactions that is predictable based upon specified relationships among the actors
• Institutions


  • Stability over time
  • Regulator of individual behavior
  • Shared values and meaning among members
  • Legitimacy beyond the preference of individual actors
• Types of Institutions


  • Family
  • Religion
  • Economy
  • Government
  • Education
• Feminism/Feminist theory


  A range of political movements, ideologies, and social movements that share a common goal which is to define and advance political, economic, personal, and social rights for women
• Feminism seeks to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment
• Movements of Feminism


  • 1st Wave
  • 2nd Wave
  • 3rd Wave
• Basic Principles of Feminism

  • Working to increase equality
  • Expanding human choice
  • Eliminating gender stratification
  • Ending sexual violence and promoting sexual freedom
• Types of Feminism


  • Liberal Feminism
  • Socialist Feminism
  • Radical Feminism
• Characteristics of Institutions


  • Structures - The most significant element of an institution (can be formal or informal)
  • Stability - The existence of some sort of stability over time
  • Regulator of individual behavior - Institutions must in some way (formal/informal) constrain the behavior of its members
  • Shared Values - There should be some sense of shared values among the members
• Institutionalism provides no place for individuals and their interests
• Institutionalism involves groups of individuals in some sort of patterned interactions that is predictable based upon specified relationships among the actors
• If members do not attach importance and obligation to attend a meeting, it may not be considered as an institution
• Institutionalism


  Provides no place for individuals and their interests, rather it involves groups of individuals in some sort of patterned interactions that is predictable based upon specified relationships among the actors
• Institutions


  • Stability over time
  • Regulator of individual behavior
  • Shared values and meaning among members
  • Legitimacy beyond the preference of individual actors
• Types of Institutions


  • Family
  • Religion
  • Economy
  • Government
  • Education
• Feminism/Feminist theory


  A range of political movements, ideologies, and social movements that share a common goal which is to define and advance political, economic, personal, and social rights for women
• Movements of Feminism


  • 1st Wave
  • 2nd Wave
  • 3rd Wave
• Basic Principles of Feminism

  • Working to increase equality
  • Expanding human choice
  • Eliminating gender stratification
  • Ending sexual violence and promoting sexual freedom
• Types of Feminism


  • Liberal Feminism
  • Socialist Feminism
  • Radical Feminism