Sociology e ka tlhaloswa e le the science of the institutions of modernity; specific institutions serve a function, akin to the individual organs of a coherent body. Mo social le political sciences ka kakaretso, ""okanaiseišene"" e ka tlhalogannwa bobebe jaaka tiro ya batho e e baakantsweng, e e lomagantsweng ebile e le ya maikemisetso e dirwa e le tiro ya kakaretso go fitlhelela maikaelelo a tlwaelo kgotsa go aga product e e tshwaregang. Ketso e go le gale garelwa ke maloko popo (melao ya institušene). Sociology e farologanya lefoko le okanaiseišene go diokanaiseišene tse di rulagantsweng ka tolamo le tseo di sa rulaganngwang ka tolamo (sekao, diokanaiseišene tse di tlhamilweng spontaneously). Sociology e tlhatlhoba diokanaiseišene mo mothalading wa ntlha go twsa go boiphitlhelelo jwa institušene. Ka kakanyong e, okanaiseišene ke peakangyo e e mamatletseng ya dielemente. Dielemente tse le tiro ya tsona di tswetelela ke melao gore tiro nngwe e diragatswe ka system e e lomagantsweng ya division of labor.