What is society
Society is a group of beings who live on one organized way. The word comes from Latin societieswhat does it mean friendly association with others.
The concept of society assumes the coexistence and joint activity of individuals in an organized or orderly manner, and implies a certain degree of communication and cooperation.
What characterizes a society is the sharing of interests among members and the observance of mutual concerns. Within this set, each individual fulfills certain functions.
Human societies are the object of study of sociology, anthropology and other social sciences.
There are countless ways to characterize societies, depending on the organizational system, interests or dominant values. One can speak, for example, of a multi-ethnic society, capitalist society, industrial society, information society, spectacle society, knowledge society, etc.
Civil society
Civil society is understood to be the group of citizens of a country socially organized, subject to the same authority, the same laws and standards of conduct, governed by entities that ensure their well-being. In this sense, civil society has a political/public connotation.
Civil society can organize to defend its rights and interests through various cooperation networks. When these cooperation and impulse initiatives obey institutionally sanctioned rules and regulations, they are also called society.
For example, scientific societies, sports societies, religious societies, academic societies, artistic societiesamong other.
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Commercial society
The term society can also refer to a institutional system formed by the members or partners who participate in the capital of a company, for example, anonymous society, civil society, quota societyetc.
In this area of business, a partnership is a contract through which two or more people agree to provide goods or services for the joint exercise of a certain economic activity in order to share the benefits of this activity.
See also Commercial company.
Difference between society and community
The community is defined by the articulation of organic, personalized and concrete social relationships that individuals weave with each other in a certain environment, and that link them through shared experiences (residence, study, work, etc.).
On the other hand, the concept of society is much broader, as it refers to a large group of people organized through political and social systems, but does not imply the establishment of interpersonal relationships. The members of a society do not necessarily know each other, although they respond to a set of shared values and norms.
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