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This course is the second in the Sociology Optional Series. Here Priya Singh discusses the Social Institutions of Social Control, Family, Marriage, Education, Religion, Work and Politics. Adequate attention is paid on the functionalist and I perspectives of the various Institutions. The views of Max Weber and Emile Durkheim has also been taken up for a better understanding. The lesson also deals with certain terms to aim for a better Terminology - State, Power, Authority, Sovereignty, Nationalism, Deviance and Sanction.

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UPSC CSE - GS

UPSC - Civil Services Examination (IAS) Preparation

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Sociology Optional: Social Institutions - UPSC

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UPSC CSE

Union Public Service Commission Exams (UPSC)

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In this lesson, we discuss the types of marriages ranging from monogamy to polygamy to serial monogamy , love marriage, arranged marriage, endogamy and exogamy. Then we discuss the significance of Village exogamy in India and how Vidaai forms a Central focus of folk songs

2.3 - Marriage as an Institution

Overview of the course: Social Institutions

2.1 - Society and Social Control

2.2- Family as a Social Institution

2.4 - Work and Politics as Social Institutions

2.5 - Education and Religion as Social Institutions

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2.3 - Marriage as an Institution

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