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... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > social problems encyc > politics, power, and war > social control
... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of organizations, institutions and structure > communities (sociology) > politics and law > social control

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social control  

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  • Social control, like community, is a venerable concept informing sociology from its inception at the turn of the nineteenth century and remaining central in social thought to the present day. Social control has a variety of definitions, some broader and some more narrow. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Social Control]

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