Value System Of Society Research Articles

Growing old and lonely in different societies: Toward a comparative perspective

The main argument of this paper is that the subjective experience of loneliness among older people must be analyzed in relation to the overall value system of society or the subcultural values of particular segments of society. Cultural or subcultural value systems are contrasted in terms of whether they give priority to individualistic values or to collective values such as family or community bonds. These differences in value systems result in important differences in people's social contacts and socioemotional bonding experiences as well as their level of satisfaction with a given level of social relationships. It is suggested that these differences must be looked at in relation to basic human needs for social bonding as well as needs for individuation. The concept of the loneliness threshold is introduced to identify the level of social contacts that individuals desire to avoid the experience of loneliness or emotional isolation.

The Critical Role of Principals in Strengthening Society's Value System

The Critical Role of Principals in Strengthening Society's Value System

Money, Politics and Education: The Case of Social Work

THE HISTORY of work education reflects the dilemmas of a profession which promises simultaneous attention to the well of individuals and of society as a whole. Necessarily work is affected by society's value system, by the country's socio-political structure, and by economic and technological conditions. All contribute to changing definitions of social well being and lead to decisions about ways in which well will be sought at any one time. Schools of work have recognized a dual obligation: They have undertaken to educate professionals to the complexities of both individual and institutional change processes. Writing in 1945 one leading educator put the matter this way:

The Spiritual, Psychological and Moral Climate En Society as the Medium in Which the Individual Forms

The formation of the individual takes place in a certain social medium, an integral component of which is the spiritual, moral, social, and psychological climate characteristic of a given society. This state of society is created on the basis of the cultural values of which society disposes, the total aggregate of social norms that regulate social and interpersonal relations of people and their social behavior, and the total spectrum of social feelings, relations, experiences, and value orientations of society's members.

A Decade in the House of Irresponsibility

Stuart hampshire has used the term “irresponsibility” to describe or set apart creative activity of an artistic sort from a code of behavior as it is defined and practiced by society. This code is a product of the society's value system and establishes what is or is not responsible behavior.

PROBABLE SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF AN AMERICAN POPULATION POLICY AIMED AT THE TWO‐CHILD FAMILY

The dangers of a narrow quantitative technological population policy include escalating trends toward a material rather than a humane value system in society; resentment and ineffective use of family planning by the poor; increasing mechanization and commercialization of sex; and increasing alienation and apathy of people. In contrast a humane population policy with a social and psychological base would provide outlets for the human need to love through child care centers medical services recreational and educational programs and care of elderly in the community. Women would be given expanded child care and employment opportunities and men would have greater diversity of human outlets. Social service research is needed in order to expand narrow medical family planning into a broader human services concept. Such research would investigate social and psychological effects of contraceptive use for both men and women; the innateness of the maternal drive; and problems of sterility.

Deviance, Visibility, and Legal Action: The Duty to Support

Utilizing record data, the author examines the relationship between normative law expressed in the statutes, and law in action as reflected in the activities of law enforcement bodies. A discrepancy between normative law and legal action develops from the value-orientations of society to maintain a “one-marriage” monogamous family system, from the high rate of divorce and remarriage, and the inappropriateness of legal sanctions to the offense of child nonsupport. Incarceration of defendants appears more related to infractions of other legal norms than it does the offense of nonsupport. Studies of the perceived consequences of social sanctions is encouraged for the development of sociological theories incorporating both the act of deviancy and the societal reaction.