Social Order and Social Control
Explore how societies maintain stability and predictability through social order, and the formal and informal methods of social control used to regulate behaviour.
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Explore how societies maintain stability and predictability through social order, and the formal and informal methods of social control used to regulate behaviour.
Key Questions
- Explain the importance of social order for a society to function.
- Compare formal and informal means of social control with examples.
- Analyse how norms and values contribute to maintaining social order.
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