Social institutions are a central object of study within the social sciences, they represent enduring patterns of organization or structures built up around some social function, religions, governments and families are all institutions that have stood the test of time because they provide essential structure and serve basic functions within social systems. In this video we will be talking about institutions through the lens of system theory talking about their efficiency, conflict theory and functionalism
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