Institutions arise, develop, and function in a pattern of social self-organization beyond conscious intentions of the individuals involved.
Institutions manifest in both
formal organizations, such as the Roman Catholic Church, and also in
informal social order and organization, reflecting human psychology, culture, habits and customs, and encompassing subjective experience of meaningful enactments.
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