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Transcript of Social control
Raafia Javed Muhammad Afaq Qurat ull Ain Ali Asgher Waseem Ahmed
Group Members
Social ControlFormal And Informal
Means of Social Control
Society Social factors Social control Needs for social control Formal control Formal means of social control
Content
Society is a group of people who share a defined
territory and a culture. Society is also the social structure and
interactions of that group of people. Social structure is the relatively enduring
patterns of behavior and relationships within a society.
Society
Society is also the social structure and
interactions of that group of people.
A society is not only the group of people and
their culture, but the relationships between the
people and the institutions within that group
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Religion
Ethnicity
Family
Physical attributes (Skin color)
Economic Status
Social Factors
Informal social control
Informal means of social control
Top agencies of social control
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Education
Locality (Where you live Type of Neighbors etc.)
Life Partner and Children
Political System (Democratic or Socialist)
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Social control is the sum of those methods by
which a society tries to influence human
behavior to maintain a given order.
Any society must have harmony and order.
Society is a harmonious organization of human
relationships
Social Control
It controls the behavior, attitude and actions of
individual to balance their social situation
A man is born free but in chains everywhere he
lives
These are the social norms on which whole society
is running.
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For smooth functions and running of these
norms these controls are necessary It regulates harmony and brings unity among
individual of the same group It also affects socialization process
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When social norms are followed by the people
of the society, It means that they adopt conformity to society and establish control
The deviancy from these norms leads to punishment may be lighter or serious, which touch the border of law
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Social solidarity is essential for the existence
of society No two persons is alike in their nature, ideas,
attitudes and interests. There are cultural differences among the
individuals As a matter of fact society is a heterogeneous
organization
Needs for S.C
If every individual is allowed unrestricted freedom
to act and behave, it may create social disorder
The aims of social control are to bring out
conformity, solidarity and continuity of a particular
group or society.
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For an orderly social life social control is necessary
Without social control, society as well as individual
cannot exist
Therefore, the need of social control is very
essential.
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Reestablishing the Old Social System
Regulate or control individual behavior
Obedience to Social Decisions
To Establish Social Unity
To bring Solidarity
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To bring Conformity in Society
To provide social sanction
To check cultural mal-adjustment
To maintain permanency of the organization
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Need of the social control is to keep the
existing order intact The aged members of the family enforce their
ideas over the children Although enforcement of the old order in a
changing society may hinder social progress
Reestablishing The Old Social System
People are not alike in their living methods, so
that due to this contrast there is a possibility of clash between them
Social control is necessary to protect social interests and satisfy common need.
Due to the removal of social control, society would be reduced to state of jungle
To Regulate or Control Individual Behavior
Society takes certain decisions.
These decisions are taken in order to
maintain and upheld the values of the society
Through social control attempt is made to get
the social decision obeyed
Obedience to Social Decisions
Unity is not possible without social control.
Social control regulates the behavior of
individuals in accordance with established
norms which brings uniformity of behavior
It brings unity among the individuals
To Establish Social Unity
Social control is to create the feelings of
solidarity in the minds of people In the competitive world, the weaker group
may be exploited by the stronger group Equally powerful groups may clash among
themselves
To Bring Solidarity
This affects the harmony and order. Some groups may develop anti-social
attitudes and pose danger to the organization of the society
Therefore there is necessity for the different groups and institutions.
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Social control is intended to bring about
regularity in the behavior of the individual
members of the society
Social control also brings about different
types of conformities in their societies
To Bring Conformity in Society
Social control provides social sanction to the
social ways of behavior
There are numerous folkways, modes and
customs prevalent in society
Every individual has to follow them
To Provide Social Sanction
If an individual violets the social norms, he is
compelled through social control to observe
them
Social control provides sanction to social
norms
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Formal control is deliberately created
State make use of law, legislation, military
force, police force, administrative devices etc
Different other institutions like political,
religious, economic, culture or other
associations also involved in formal control
Formal Control
Various rules are laid down to make it specific Necessity of following rules is clearly stated by
institutions. Violators of formal control are given punishment. Punishment depending upon nature and type of
violation.
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Organization make use of formal control create
a official body with power to enforce control Organization established the police force
military force etc Banks, army, factory all these come under
formal control
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Law
Education
Coercion
Formal Means of Social Control
Law Is the most important formal means of
social control Early societies depended upon informal means
of social control but when societies grew they were compelled to rules regulations.
Rules regulations define the require types of behavior which imposed those who violate them
Law
Law Is a body of rules legally enforced by
authorized agencies. it defines clearly rights duties as well as
punishment for their violation. Modern societies' structure consisting of
number of groups, institutions or organization which require formal control
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Law prescribes uniform norms bad penalties
throughout a social system.
The earlier customs has been formalized into a
body of law
Law in every state is being increased
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Education is a process of socialization.
It prepare the child for social living
It reforms the attitude wrongly formed by
children already.
it teaches value of discipline, social
cooperation, tolerance and sacrifice.
Education
It instills in individual quality of honesty, fair
play and sense of right and wrong
Importance of education as a means of social
control is being growingly realized
Education for creating right social attitude
among youth
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Is the use of force to achieve a desired end.
It may physical or not violent
Coercion is lowest form of social control
It may have immediate effects upon the
offender but it does not have enduring effects.
Coercion
Non-Violent consist of the strikes, boycott and
non-cooperation
Boycott is the withholding of social or
economic intercourse with other to express
disapproval
It can be a successful way off effecting social
control
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Informal control includes gossip, slander,
resentment, public opinion, sympathy, folkways, mores, customs and such other agents
They are more effective than the formal control They become deep rooted with people in their
practices
Informal Control
They don’t require any extra staff to enforce them.
They don’t have the physical force to enforce
conformity to them. Faith in religion, moral convictions, public opinion,
artistic standard are found to be more important in informal control.
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Value
Folkways
Customs
Ideologies
Social Suggestions
Informal Means
It consist of culturally defined goals.
It involves various degrees of “sentiments and
significance.
They are basic , though not exclusive.
Values are “goals worth striving for”
Values
Folkways are the recognized modes of
behavior which arise automatically within a group
They are the behavior patterns of everyday life which arise spontaneously and unconsciously in a group,
It is not easy for the members of a group to violate the folkways.
Folkways
They are the long established habits and
usages of the people. They are those folkways and mores which
have persisted for a very long time and have passes down from one generation to another.
They arise spontaneously and gradually They are accepted and followed by the society.
Customs
Ideology is a theory of social life which
interprets social realities from the point of view of ideals to prove correctness of the analysis and to justify these ideals.
It is the projection of a certain ideal. Ideologies influence social life to a very great
extent.
Ideologies
Social suggestions and ideologies are important social
control methods, through these suggestions and ideologies society
control the behavior of its members. Society also controls the behavior of its people
through many several ways such as through books, writings and spoken words inculcation of ideas.
Social Suggestions
In simple societies, public opinion as a means
of social control is greater. In village people know one another so it is
difficult for a villager to act contrary to the public opinion of the village.
Public opinions greatly influences our actions.
Public Opinion
Family
Neighborhood
The School
Administration
Important Agencies of Social Control
Force
Propaganda
Religion
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Family is an important agency of social
control.
It is the first place where an individual is
socialized
He learns various methods of living, behavior
patterns, convention etc..
He is taught to behave and respect social
laws and obey social controls.
Family
Neighborhood is a simple and specific part of
a community.
It has a feeling or sentiment of local unit.
There may be more than one neighborhood in
a community
Neighborhood
The school is a very powerful agency of social
control. It exercises social control through
education.
The child learns many things from the school,
which he cannot learn from other sources
In the college, also the students are required
to obey social controls
The School
The child is taught to obey the discipline,
which a student learns at school lasts with him
throughout his life.
The school and college or educational
institutions are next to family as agencies of
social control
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Administration is very powerful and the most
effective instrument of social control.
It forces the individual to obey social control.
The administrations punish the violators with
the help of the police, the army etc
Administration
Physical force or coercion is an important means
of social control. It is ancient as society itself. Even these days some societies resort to it
against the deviants or those who disobey social norms
It is essential for social progress
Force
Every state has its own armed forces or police
force.
It is an effective weapon to prevent people
from indulging in anti-social activities
It also makes people, obey social order
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The state carries out its functions by means of
law, which is ultimately backed by physical force. As an important agency of social, control the
state exercises its force over its people through various means such as the government law, administration, the armed forces, the police and the like
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Religion influences a powerful influence upon
man’s behavior in society.
Religion is an attitude towards superhuman
powers
It is a belief in powers superior to man.
Religion
It expresses itself in several forms like superstition,
animism, totemism, magic, ritualism and fetishism.
Religion pervades practically in all the societies,
though there may be different forms of religious
beliefs and practices
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