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in sociology, the distinctive, stable arrangement of institutions whereby human beings in a society interact and live together. Social structure is often treated together with the concept of social change, which deals with the forces that change the social structure and the organization of society.
Although it is generally agreed that the term social structure refers to regularities in social life, its application is inconsistent. For example, the term is sometimes wrongly applied when other concepts such as custom, tradition, role, or norm would be more accurate.
Studies of social structure attempt to explain such matters as integration and ... (100 of 3679 words)
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![Émile Durkheim.
[Courtesy of Presses Universitaires de France]](https://web.archive.org/web/20100909082553im_/http://www.britannica.com/static/bps-static-content/20100820-1222/images/darwin/shared/spacer_htc.gif "Émile Durkheim.
[Courtesy of Presses Universitaires de France]")
