social structure

is relatively stable systems of social relationships and opportunities in which individuals find themselves and by which they are vitally affected, but over which most of them have no control and of the exact nature of which they are usually unaware.

Social Structure:. Relatively stable systems of social relationships andopportunities in which individuals find themselves and by which they are vitallyaffected, but over which most of them have no control and of the exact nature ofwhich they are usually unaware.' Greenfield. Nationalism, p. 2.

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