Understanding Culture Society and Politics

How Society is
Organized?

Understanding Culture Society and Politics

How Society is
Organized?
Groups

within Society:
Primary and Secondary.

PRIMARY GROUPS

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What is Primary group?

primary group is typically a small

social group(small-scale
society)whose members share
close, personal, enduring
relationships.
These groups are marked by
members' concern for one another,
in shared activities andculture.

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Characteristics of
Primary Groups
The

essential characteristics
of a primary group are
intimate feelings and close
identification.

IMPORTANCE OF
PRIMARY GROUPS IN AN
INDIVIDUAL:
Primary

groups are important not

only from the individual point of
view, but they are equally
important from the viewpoint of
society. The primary group is the
birth-place of human nature.
Primary groups help in the
socialisation of the individuals
and maintain social control over

IMPORTANCE OF
PRIMARY GROUPS IN
SOCIETY:
The

primary group is the birth

place of human nature. Primary
groups help in the socialisation of
the individuals and maintain
social control over them. They
teach the members to work in the
society according to their rules.
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SECONDARY GROUPS

WHAT IS SECONDARY
GROUP?

Unlike

first groups, secondary

groups are large groups whose
relationships areimpersonaland
goal oriented.
Source: Boundless. Secondary Groups.Boundless Sociology. Boundless, 26 May. 2016.
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IMPORTANCE OF SECONDARY
GROUP IN SOCIETY
The

primary groups have an

important place in a simple and small
society but in modern era the trend is
towards secondary groups. The small
communities have now given way to
large communities. In place of
cottage industry we have now giant
corporations, employing thousands of
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%20Secondary%20Group%20for%20Society.html

BENEFITS:
Efficiency

Channels of
Opportunity
Wider Outlook