DEFINITIONS OF SOCIETY ON THE
VARIOUS PERSPECTIVE
Social Sciences Perspectives
- Structural Functionalism
Basic Principles
- If people in a society have shared
values, it tends to promote
cooperation rather than conflict. If
there is no conflict, there is social
order, which is crucial for the well-
being of society.
Civil Society
- Should have the same values and
goals as the public and private
sectors in order for them to work
with collaboration and cooperation
for the maintenance of social order.
Examples
- If an NGO gives medical services to
the people because
Social Sciences Perspectives
- Conflict Theory
Basic Principles
- Society is in a state of conflict
because of competition, force scarce
resources. Order is then achieved by
domination and power even if it
means suppressing the poor and the
powerless.
Civil Society
- Some individuals and groups are
driven by economic goals. They do
whatever means necessary to gain
wealth. They use civil society
organizations to become more
powerful snf richer regardless of the
effects to the other people.
Example
- An NGO for farmers won as a
partylist during the elections.
However, the officers who occupied
the seats in the Congress, were no
farmers but people who are
traditionally called “hacienderos”
Social Sciences Perspectives
- Feminism
Basic Principles
- As an oppressed group, women have
been powerless in the achievement of
their potential received rewards or
gain full participation in society. For
feminist, women have something
valuable to contribute to every aspect
of the world.
Civil Society
- The civil society groups who
represent women and the problems
of women should be allowed and
promoted on society.
Examples
- The La Trinidad Women’s Brigade, a
group of women patrols the streets
and alleys at night and sending home
minors and giving motherly advice to
drunken members of the society.
ACTIVITIES
1. Feminism is a social activist
movement intended to protect
women’s rights against any type of
stereotyping from the society.
Through this movement, women are
viewed as something valuable to
contribute to every aspect of the
world.
FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNITIES ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
What is COMMUNITY? - Sustain the satisfaction of the
physical needs, other needs like
- It is a group of people bounded by
social (belongingness) and cultural
place, location, identity, and values
(values and identity) can be satisfied.
and influence, norms, culture and
goal. This is our initial understanding ITOGON
of community.
- Land is rich in mineral and gold.
COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
- Structure refers to the physical and
SOCIO-CULTURAL STRUCTURE
geographical elements. This likened
to a territory as element of a state - The physical and resources satisfy
where boundaries have to be the needs of the people, the socio-
established to clarify which cultural structures come into place.
community one belongs. Aside from When goals and need are fulfilled,
this, the lines or the boundaries also the people become rooted in that
marked the extent of resources, place and develop relations with
those near them. Shared experiences
are more than enough language to
SADANGA VILLAGE make people understand each
person’s joys and pains.
- A very good example of a
community structure based on
function and purpose. Agricultural
POLITICAL STRUCTURE
activities have been sustained by
practicing an indigenous system of - Leaderships values and a concept of
setting areas in the community society/government are formed
purposely for residence. because of the need to relate to other
communities.
HALSEMA HIGHWAY
- Many communities along this road
are agricultural because of the rich LEADERSHIP CONCEPT
and fertile soil the environment
Indigenous People
offers, aside from having a source of
- A very good element of leadership
food, people can make living here by
among the IP communities
supplying the vegetable needs of the
nearby regions as far as Metro
Manila.