A Simple Evolutionary Model of Social Differentiation

Wortmann, Hendrik

doi:10.1515/zfsoz-2012-0504

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“…This concept is not entirely acceptable in some social systems because of confusion arising in "the debate on the proper role of the concept of function in the social sciences" [41]; [49], p. 31; [50,51]. However, many social scientists have embraced the concept in their attempt to capture societies' overall structures [52][53][54][55]. Although the concept "differentiation" has been used primarily by systems theorists [56][57][58], it is a concept that can apply towards the understanding of social scenarios such as land tenure situations.…”

Section: Functional Differentiation Theory As a Path To Women's Empowmentioning

confidence: 99%

Differentiations in Women’s Land Tenure Experiences: Implications for Women’s Land Access and Tenure Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chigbu

Paradza²,

Dachaga

2019

Land

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Most literature on land tenure in sub-Saharan Africa has presented women as a homogenous group. This study uses evidence from Ghana, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe to show that women have differentiated problems, needs, and statuses in their quest for land access and tenure security. It illustrates how women-to-women differences influence women’s access to land. By investigating differentiations in women’s land tenure in the three countries, the study identifies multiple and somewhat interlinked ways in which differentiations exist in women’s land tenure. It achieved some key outcomes. The findings include a matrix of factors that differentiate women’s land access and tenure security, a visualisation of women’s differentiation in land tenure showing possible modes for actions, and an adaptable approach for operationalising women’s differentiation in land tenure policies (among others). Using these as evidence, it argues that women are a highly differentiated gender group, and the only thing homogenous in the three cases is that women are heterogeneous in their land tenure experiences. It concludes that an emphasis on how the differentiation among women allows for significant insight to emerge into how they experience tenure access differently is essential in improving the tenure security of women. Finally, it makes policy recommendations.

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Section: Functional Differentiation Theory As a Path To Women's Empowmentioning

confidence: 99%

Differentiations in Women’s Land Tenure Experiences: Implications for Women’s Land Access and Tenure Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chigbu

Paradza²,

Dachaga

2019

Land

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“…Members of the society are understood as having a distinct social status, which implies different social functions and activities (Rehbein, 2011). According to Parsons (in Wortmann, 2012), social differentiation is one example of social evolution, one that is strongly influenced by functional considerations. These "spaces of distinction" create mutual dependence and hierarchies within diverse elements of society (Valle & Godoy, 2019).…”

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“…All societies, all communities, and all cultures have their specific language or sociolect, having created specific linguistic systems as a means of distinguishing "us" from "them", "high" from "low", and incorporating this distinction within social functions, activities, and resources. Parsons, meanwhile, understands social differentiation as one of four modes of social evolution, all of which share one functional commonality: a social system (in Wortmann, 2012). Lenoir even argues that social spaces are "spaces of distinction", rather than realities in and of themselves; they are shaped by diverse hierarchies and dimensions (Valle & Godoy, 2019).…”

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Violations of Islamic Law in Male–Female Relations: The Shifting of Nyubuk Tradition of the Customary Peoples of Lampung

Nurjanah

Qudsy

et al. 2022

Acad. J. Interdiscip. Stud.

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Advances in media and communication technology have wrought significant shifts in the nyubuk tradition of the customary peoples of Lampung Pepadun. Male–female relations, once clearly regulated by customary doctrine through nyubuk, are now mediated by social media technology that facilitates the violation of customary and Islamic laws. This article examines how nyubuk, a cultural medium for communication that has traditionally been used in spouse selection, has shifted as social media has become widely available. More specifically, it seeks to understand how the nyubuk tradition has come to disappear without any significant resistance. In doing so, it applies a qualitative descriptive approach, with data having been collected through interviews. This study finds that despite generations of practice, shifting social and cultural practices have threatened nyubuk with extinction, and the practice has increasingly been replaced by social media. As a result, behaviors that violate social and religious norms have become increasingly common in society. Male–female relations, traditionally regulated under Islamic norms through nyubuk, have become increasingly open as cultural spaces have been replaced by social media. This has facilitated transgressions and other violations of Islamic law by young men and women. Obeisance of religious law depends significantly on local cultural authorities, and where these authorities are ignored, once dominant laws and practices may become extinct. Received: 28 September 2021 / Accepted: 16 November 2021 / Published: 3 January 2022

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Pfade, Mechanismen, Ereignisse. Zur gegenwärtigen Forschungslage in der Soziologie sozialer Prozesse

Schützeichel

2015

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A Simple Evolutionary Model of Social Differentiation

Cited by 3 publications

References 34 publications

Differentiations in Women’s Land Tenure Experiences: Implications for Women’s Land Access and Tenure Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Differentiations in Women’s Land Tenure Experiences: Implications for Women’s Land Access and Tenure Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Violations of Islamic Law in Male–Female Relations: The Shifting of Nyubuk Tradition of the Customary Peoples of Lampung

Pfade, Mechanismen, Ereignisse. Zur gegenwärtigen Forschungslage in der Soziologie sozialer Prozesse

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