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Social roles: are the expectations, duties,
responsibilities, obligations, etc, which are
associated with a given social status


Social stratification: is the segmentation of society into
different hierarchical arrangement or strata. It
refers to the differences and inequalities in the
socioeconomic life of people in a given society


Social structure: is relatively stable pattern of social
behavior


Social static: A Comtean concept, which signifies the
social order and those elements of society, and
social phenomena that tend to persist and
relatively permanent, defying change.


Social status: is the position or rank a person or a
group of persons occupy in the social system


Social work (social action): is described as an
individual’s, group’s, or community’s effort within
the framework of social philosophy and practices
that aim at achieving social progress to modify
social policies to improve social legislation,
health and welfare services.

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