Social Terms Dictionary

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SOCIAL TERM: Ιδεολογικός μηχανισμός του Κράτους / Ideological state apparatus
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1
TERM TYPE: Theoretical
SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνία / Society
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 8
RELATED TERMS: Κράτος/State Ιδεολογία/Ideology Κοινότητα/Community Κοινωνικό σώμα/Social body Κοινωνικό σύστημα/Social system Κοινωνική οργάνωση/Social organization
TERM TYPE: Theoretical
SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνική ολοκλήρωση / Social integration
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 2
TERM TYPE: Theoretical
SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνικοποίηση / Socialization
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 4
TERM TYPE: Theoretical
DEFINITION (1): “In comparison with other species, we enter the world as amazingly “unfinished” creatures. We are not born as social beings, able to participate in society, but become so only in the course of socialization - a process of social interaction by which people acquire the knowledge, attitudes, values, and behaviors essential for effective participation in society. In short, socialization is the process of becoming a social being, a process that continues throughout one’s life. […] Were it not for socialization, the renewal of culture could not occur from one generation to the next. We humans are uniquely dependent upon a social heritage - the rich store of adaptations and innovations that countless generations of ancestors have developed over thousands of years. Through culture each new generation can move on from the achievements of the preceding one. Without socialization society could not perpetuate itself beyond a single generation. Individuals would lack those common understandings necessary to align their actions and to bind their separated lives into a larger whole.” (Hughes and Kroehler 2009: 68).
DEFINITION WRITER: Νίκος Σερντεδάκις
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE: Hughes, M., and C. Kroehler. (2009). Sociology: The Core. New York: McGraw-Hill.
SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνικός μετασχηματισμός / Social transformation
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1
TERM TYPE: Theoretical
DEFINITION (1): When a social system changes its goals (or structural principles of performance), actually becoming a different system, there is a process of social transformation (Castells, 1989,p.21).
DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal
DEFINITION WRITER: Kallas Ioannis
REFERENCE: Castells, M. (1989). The Informational City.Oxford: Blackwell.

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