The Meaning of Social Control by Peter Burger. Social control as described on the Wikipedia-
refers generally to
societal and political mechanisms or processes that regulate individual and
group behavior, leading to conformity and compliance to the rules of a given society, state, or social group. A easy way to think of social control is by taking examples from
our everyday world. We have a opinions about numerous things, opinions which
help us know how to act in different situations. Often these opinions are
formed through social mechanisms which is needed in every society in order to maintain formality without the use of violence which should be the last mean to restore order.
Through these agents of socialization we
are taught our culture's norms, beliefs, knowledge, languages and behaviors. As
a result social control structures society in ways that we are obedient to
authority (POWER), learn to maintain order to prevent oppression and also to
allow every human being an equal opportunity to socialize among themselves.
No comments:
Post a Comment