So heartbreaking. Frank Gifford, renowned sportscaster and NFL legend, died suddenly on Aug. 9 at his Connecticut home. Frank, who was married to TODAY show co-host Kathie Lee Gifford, 61, was 84 years old. He played for the New York Giants before transitioning into a successful career in sports broadcasting.
Recent trends in social structure theory. Currently, those pursuing research in the area of social structure follow limited but practical goals. They focus on the development of theories, laws, generalizations, calculi, and methods that account for structural regularities in society.
Social structure is a pattern or arrangement of elements of a society in an organized and collecÂ­tive way. The interactions and behaviour of the members of a society are stable and patÂ­terned. These stable patterns of interaction are called âsocial structuresâ. Social structure is the framework of society that sets limits and establishes standards for our behaviour. It is, thus, defined simply as any recurring pattern of social behaviour. A social structure includes or is made-up of elements of society, such as institutions, statuses, roles, groups and social classes.