ABA Number -- Originated by the American Bankers Association, it is the number (usually in the upper right-hand portion of the check) which identifies the bank upon which the check is drawn.
This is not the same as using the concept as a tool to define a particular social formation. That is the next step. * * *. To define a social formation is, in fact, to define a theory and political line of the working class.It is for the objective of developing a strategic political line and a tactical political line (which will be constantly rectified) of the working class, for the sole purpose of winning political power.ocial Formation (Definition of Concept). This entry was posted in Social Formations & Conjuncture on April 16, 2013. A social formation refers to a society (a social structure at any level such as a nation, city, business, university, or even a family) with all its complexities, as it is historically constituted.
Racial formation theory is an analytical tool in sociology , developed by Michael Omi and Howard Winant , which is used to look at race as a socially constructed identity , where the content and importance of racial categories are determined by social, economic, and political forces.