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Social control is more a matter of conviction than that of coercion. Comment. Discuss the role of ideology in social control.

  • UPSC 1999
  • Systems of Kinship

Social control refers to the processes that secure conformity to norms. Edward A. Ross (Social Control, 1901) already noted that belief, suggestion and public opinion do far more of this work than law and force. The statement holds that order rests mainly on internalised acceptance. It is largely true, but conviction is itself socially produced,…

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  • The case for conviction
  • The case for coercion
  • Ideology as the bridge
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