Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer
‘Socialisation and social control are complementary to each other in maintaining social order.’ – Elucidate your answer with appropriate illustrations.
- UPSC 2004
- Stratification and Mobility
Socialisation is the lifelong process through which individuals internalise the norms, values and roles of their society. Social control, a term given currency by Edward A. Ross (Social Control, 1901), refers to the formal and informal means by which a society secures conformity. The statement holds that order rests on both, working together: an inner…
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- Socialisation as internalised control
- Social control as reinforcement
- How the two complement each other
- Indian illustrations
- A critical view
- Conclusion
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