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Designating basic roles

Synonyms:
Delineating basic roles
Broader:
Defining roles
Mediating societal world
Securing social structures
Narrower:
Naming objects
Recognizing obligations
Taking designated actions
Maintaining social controls
Arranging functional assignments
Recognizing accrued status in society
Constrains:
Demanding social relevance
Restricting individual participation
Defining social activity through social roles
Constrained by:
Providing social expectations
Pointing out social contradictions
Facilitates:
Demanding social support
Patterning individual roles
Stabilizing society with role models
Initiating rehearsal of existing customs
Providing formal existence through social roles
Channelling social commonality through social roles
Facilitated by:
Increasing civic awareness
Honouring social necessities
Eliciting social participation
Illuminating social imperatives
Subjects:
Informatics, Classification → Classification
Type Classification:
C: Cross-sectoral strategies

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The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

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