Social system

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  • social system
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  • The concept of system appears throughout the social and natural sciences and has generated a body of literature of its own (general systems theory). A system is any pattern of relationships between elements, and is regarded as having emergent properties on its own over and above the properties of its elements.
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Abstract from DBPedia
    In sociology, a social system is the patterned network of relationships constituting a coherent whole that exist between individuals, groups, and institutions. It is the formal structure of role and status that can form in a small, stable group. An individual may belong to multiple social systems at once; examples of social systems include nuclear family units, communities, cities, nations, college campuses, corporations, and industries. The organization and definition of groups within a social system depend on various shared properties such as location, socioeconomic status, race, religion, societal function, or other distinguishable features.

    社会体制(しゃかいたいせい, Social system)とは、社会学用語の一つ。これは維持されている状態の社会において、特定の原理で秩序付けられている状態のことを言う。封建体制や資本主義体制などといった形というのは、社会体制の区分である。社会体制という概念は社会体系と区別されているということであり、社会体制ならば社会のシステムを歴史的な概念として把握するために用いられているという言葉である。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Social_system)