Institutionalism

• Approach or a perspective that studies formal and informal institutions and their effect on society. 


  Institutionalism
• Each institution has a set of established (1) , (2) , and (3) that manifest its existence in the society through (4), (5), (6), or (7)

  1. Laws
  2. Customs
  3. Practices
  4. Power relations
  5. Influence
  6. Coercion
  7. Physical structure
• Officially established entities that have codified rules and procedures.

  Formal institution
• They are recognized by society and often have mechanisms for enforcement and regulation.

  Formal institution
• Refer to unwritten, socially shared rules, norms, and traditions that guide individual and group behavior.

  Informal institution
• They arise organically within societies and evolve based on shared values and beliefs

  Informal institutions
• The unwritten social protocol of respecting elders is an example of..?

  Informal institution
• The power to establish an organized existence.

  Constitutive
• Hindrance; to make someone act a particular way. 


  Constrain