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- This article is about institutions as social mechanisms. Please see Organization for formal establishments.
Institutions are social structures and social mechanisms of social order and cooperation governing the behavior of two or more individuals. Institutions are identified with a social purpose and permanence, transcending individual human lives and intentions, and with the making and enforcing of rules governing cooperative human behavior. The term, institution, is commonly applied to customs and behavior patterns important to a society, as well as to particular formal organizations of government and public service. As structures and mechanisms of social order among humans, institutions are one of the principal objects of study in the social sciences, including sociology, political science and economics. Institutions are a central concern for law, the formal regime for political rule-making and enforcement. The creation and evolution of institutions is a primary topic for history.
Aspects of Institutions
Although individual, formal organizations, commonly identified as "institutions," may be deliberately and intentionally created by people, the development and functioning of institutions in society in general may be regarded as an instance of emergence; that is, institutions arise, develop and function in a pattern of social self-organization, which goes beyond the conscious intentions of the individual humans involved.
As mechanisms of social cooperation, institutions are manifest in both objectively real, formal organizations, such as the U.S. Congress, the Roman Catholic Church or the Bank of England, and, also, in informal social order and organization, reflecting human psychology, culture, habits and customs. Most important institutions, considered abstractly, have both objective and subjective aspects: examples include money and marriage. The institution of money encompasses many formal organizations, including banks and government treasury departments and stock exchanges, which may be termed, "institutions," as well as subjective experiences, which guide people in their pursuit of personal economic well-being and wealth. Powerful institutions are able to imbue a paper currency with certain value, and to induce millions into cooperative production and trade in pursuit of economic ends abstractly denominated in that currency's units. The subjective experience of money is so pervasive and persuasive that economists talk of the "money illusion" and try to disabuse their students of it, in preparation for learning economic analysis.
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20th Century University Architecture: 1900-1945 - Photos and information on American universities built in the period, from the Digital Archive of American Architecture.
A Virtual Tour of St John's College, Oxford - The official site's interactive tour of this college founded in 1555 via sensitive bird's-eye view or navigation buttons. Includes history and expandable thumbnails of architectural details.
Architecture of the University of Oregon - This illustrated resource surveys the history of the built environment of the University of Oregon and identifies basic resources for researching the architectural heritage of Oregon's flagship university.
Meta Description: [ Architectural history of the University of Oregon, Eugene. Includes timelines, building and architect information, outdoor sculpture and decoration. ]
Balliol College Virtual Tour - A tour of the oldest college in Oxford, part of the Virtual Tour of Oxford. QuickTime panoramas are accessed via clickable plan.
Brasenose College, Oxford - The official site provides an illustrated history of the buildings of this Tudor college.
King's College, Cambridge - An illustrated history from the official site of the college founded by Henry VI in 1441, with its magnificent chapel, completed by the Tudors.
Queens' College Cambridge - Queens provides images with descriptive text of its architectural features from medieval to modern.
Meta Description: [ Directory of photographs of college, with descriptions and histories. ]
St John's College Virtual Tour - This part of the Virtual Tour of Oxford provides interactive 360° photographs viewable by using a map of the college.
The New Mechanics' Institution Preservation Trust Ltd - Aims to preserve this Victorian building in Swindon, UK, which once housed the Mechanics' Institute. Includes a detailed history, proposals and membership.
Trinity College, Cambridge - A tour of the varied architecture of the college via sensitive bird's eye view, with comments on its history, from the official site. Includes the library designed by Sir Christopher Wren.
Virtual Tour of Brasenose College - Dr Karl Harrison provides QuickTime views of Brasenose, with comments on the buildings, accessed via clickable plan, as part of his Virtual Tour of Oxford.
William and Mary: Wren Building - An illustrated history of the Sir Christopher Wren Building at the College of William and Mary in Virginia, built 1695-99 and the oldest academic building in continuous use in the United States.
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