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 | | Institutions are identified with a social purpose and permanence, transcending individual human lives and intentions, and with the making and enforcing of rules governing human behavior. |
 | | 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. |
 | | 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. |
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