System Description: Society

Name:  Society

Based on: Human Activity System (HAS)

 

Society: A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societies are characterized by patterns of relationships (social relations) between individuals who share a distinctive culture and institutions; a given society may be described as the sum total of such relationships among its constituent of members. In the social sciences, a larger society often exhibits stratification or dominance patterns in subgroups.

Societies construct patterns of behavior by deeming certain actions or concepts as acceptable or unacceptable. These patterns of behavior within a given society are known as societal norms. Societies, and their norms, undergo gradual and perpetual changes.

Nation: a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory

 

Citizen: Citizenship is a relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection.[1](quoted)

Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and the conditions under which that status will be withdrawn. Recognition by a state as a citizen generally carries with it recognition of civil, political, and social rights which are not afforded to non-citizens.

Legal System: included in society (To be added). Relate to deformation of character as laws and related to free speech. Includes rule of law.

 

Emigrant: a person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another:

Refugee: a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster

Resident: a person who lives somewhere permanently or on a long-term basis (may or may not be a citizen but allowed to stay).

Indigenous peoples: are the holders of unique languages, knowledge systems and beliefs and possess invaluable knowledge of practices for the sustainable management of natural resources. They have a special relation to and use of their traditional land.

Migrant: a person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work or better living conditions

Nation-State: a sovereign state of which most of the citizens or subjects are united also by factors which define a nation, such as language or common descent.

Non-Violent action: Nonviolent action implies a commitment to utilizing nonviolent and creative means (e.g. acts of protest and persuasion, noncooperation, direct action, civil disobedience, boycotts, strikes, and education) to resist violent forces in order to influence and encourage social change.

Citizens' Assembly: A citizens' assembly (also known as citizens' jury or citizens' panel or people's jury or policy jury or citizens' initiative review or consensus conference or citizens' convention) is a body formed from randomly selected citizens to deliberate on important issues.

Democracy: a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives:

Autocracy: a system of government by one person with absolute power

Kleptocracy: a society or system ruled by people who use their power to steal their country's resources:

Link to: System Description Society

The stated or implied purposes of the Society is to:

• Provide a safe and just space for the members of the Society

• Establish citizenship requirements for a set of people living in the society

• Establish elections or other approach for selecting the leaders within the government.

• Establish a tax mechanism to pay for the government of the society.

• Participate in a global community and represent the needs of the citizens.

• Establish shared values and beliefs for the society.

This section identifies the system properties. Suggested headings have been included. These can be tailored..

• Ecological Stocks (natural capital)

• Ecological Footprint

• Basically the variables related to the doughnut of the society

• Capabilities of the government based up the constitution and rule of law.

• Governance mechanisms

• Economies (markets and commons)

• Capabilities of the citizens (vote, pay taxes, etc).

• Developing

• Ongoing

• Thriving

• Failed

• Wellbeing and Health of the members of the Society

• Coherence of the messages between the leaders and the citizens (degree of Truth).

• Coherence and equality of the application of the rule of law.

• Inclusive participation of all members of society.

• Population of the society (by type of member if available)

• Size of ecosystem(s) or territory of the society.

The stakeholders of the society fall into a number of different typestypes:

• Members of the Society

  • Citizens

  • Residents

  • Emigrants

  • Migrants

  • Refugees

  • Indigenous people

• Stakeholders outside of the Society

  • Members of other societies

    • who want to emigrate or migrate

    • who are citizens but residents of other countries

• Organizations or institutions inside the Society

  • Any human activity system (see types).

• Organizations or institutions outside the Society

  • Other Societies

  • United Nations

This area also includes the stakeholders that are unable to represent their needs.

• Organisms living within the society (trees, animals, plants, etc).

• Organisms living outside the society (trees, animals, plants, etc) that are impacted by the society-of-interest.

Identification and Composition of System elements and their relationships. This section generally includes a system conceptual model.

Describes a specific instance (configuration of components) of a system structure and this systems behaviour.

Describe the response of the system due to various triggers

Configuration / Scenario:

Specific Configuration of society

NOTE: The structure (pattern of organization) provides a conceptual model of may types of societies. Once the type of governance structure and people have been selected. The behaviour of the specific system can be established. The current descriptions are for a democratic society. Autocratic or Kleptocratic societies will have different processes and behaviour.