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  Technology and Social Control (Int. Encylopedia of the Social Sciences)
Controllers are increasingly able to know things about subjects that the latter do not know about themselves and to make decisions affecting their life chances of which they are unaware.
Control may be remote and deterritorialized, with buffers between controllers and those controlled.
Contemporary social control themes are seen in their most extreme form in the maximum security prison (e.g., continuous surveillance, extensive use of computer dossiers, decisions about individuals based on actuarial data, the engineering of control).
web.mit.edu /gtmarx/www/techandsocial.html   (4740 words)

  
 Sociology - Social Control
Thus while most of the elements of social control are to be found in the reactions of individual life, still we find that there must be a larger agency representing the social mass — that is, a social mind to give to society an orderly arrangement.
Law is the formal means of control, by means of which people's lives are regulated, their rights, duties, and privileges defined, the offenses against individuals and society determined, and the punishments for violators provided.
Show why social control is more necessary in a dense than in a sparse population ; in times of war than in peace ; in a mixed than in a homogeneous population; in a society stratified into classes than in one unstratified.
www.oldandsold.com /articles33n/sociology-22.shtml   (6564 words)

  
 Sociology of Social Control SOCY 507 - Syllabus (Mathieu Deflem)
The objectives of this course are to understand some of the specific characteristics of the manner in which sociologists study social control as well as some of the patterns and dynamics of social control in a variety of societal settings.
Social Control and the Policing of Terrorism: Foundations for a Sociology of Counter-Terrorism, by Mathieu Deflem.
Dario Melossi, The cultural embeddedness of social control: Reflections on the comparison of Italian and North-American cultures concerning punishment.
www.cas.sc.edu /socy/faculty/deflem/507soco.html   (1561 words)

  
 Sociology - Control By Force
In fact, the control by democracy, in which every one is supposed to be a sovereign, is, in some respects, a fiction ; in reality there are, in every community, ruling ideas, ruling thoughts, and, indeed, ruling individuals.
To make social control what it should be, therefore, universal intelligence and a developed capacity for self-government should obtain.
And when people have attained to this attitude, there is a species of social control which cannot be destroyed by the defects of governmental machinery and the machinations of all of the demagogues, nor yet by the " hungry incapacity " of office seekers.
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 Control
A control (science) is a variable that is set during an experiment.
Control (album) is a 1986 album by Janet Jackson
Control (novel) is a 1982 novel by William Goldman
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/co/control.html   (92 words)

  
 Sociology
Sociology: The Comparative Method Sociologists have embraced what is known as the comparative method as the most efficient way to expose taken-for-granted 'truths' or laws that people have adopted.
Sociology and Its Aim Sociology is the scientific study of society and human behavior.
Gun Control Government 2301 02 November 1996 A Well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
www.co.cx /dir.cgi/Sociology.0.html   (2065 words)

  
 Sociology Essay, Sociology Coursework or Dissertation
We cover all areas of sociology including essays and dissertations on sociology modules such social theory, social change in contemporary society, the politics of crime control, sociology at work, sociological analysis, and social psychology.
Some of the more usual sociology studies topics that we have been asked to write essays and dissertations about include - introduction to sociology, social theory, social change in contemporary society, the politics of crime control, sociology at work, sociological analysis, and social psychology.
Sociology essays and dissertations are also regularly written on topics such as social divisions of welfare, gender and sexuality, the state, society and drug use, sociology of European societies, sociology of urban problems, and core concepts in social theory.
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 AllRefer.com - population : Population Control (Sociology: General Terms And Concepts) - Encyclopedia
A declining birthrate depends to a large extent on the availability and use of birth control and on high living standards that make unnecessary the production of additional children to provide necessary and inexpensive labor.
In the United States, aspects of the population question, such as birth control and abortion, are among the most bitterly debated subjects.
The United States has opposed at times the use of foreign aid appropriations for family planning overseas; domestic family planning is mainly run by private groups such as Planned Parenthood.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/populati-population-control.html   (336 words)

  
 Sample Custom Papers on Sociology
Social control is usually divided into formal and informal controls.
Formal control is exercised by the police and government.
Informal control works through the reaction of other people in the course of everyday life.
www.promptpapers.com /customtermpapers/Sociology.php   (524 words)

  
 Deviance and Control: www.sociology.org.uk
Control Agency such as police) reacts to the fact of your deviance (the consequences of the social reaction to deviant behaviour)
Self controls (middle classes - more to lose, better life chances).
Relationship between age and crime may have more to do with youth lifestyles than "age".
www.sociology.org.uk /carddev.htm   (1155 words)

  
 Control Article, Control Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
A Control experiment is an experiment where the variable that is being investigated is kept constant.
This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the samename.
We take no responsibility for the content, accuracy and use of this article.
www.anoca.org /album/novel/control.html   (146 words)

  
 Tatet - control   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Online stock control perfect for online businesses or people always on the move, access you stock figures from anywhere in the world with this simple to use online system.
Online remote control hobby store offering rc toys such as remote control cars, airplanes, trucks, Nikko hummers, boats and more.
The word control has a number of different meanings: *Often control is directing influence.
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