authorization
type: Concept
broader: social control

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: social control

credentialling
type: Concept
broader: social control

discipline
type: Concept
broader: social control

formal social control
type: Concept
broader: social control

indoctrination
type: Concept
broader: social control

informal social control
type: Concept
broader: social control

institutionalisation
type: Concept
broader: social control

law and order
type: Concept
broader: social control

licensing
type: Concept
broader: social control

police work
type: Concept
broader: social control

politics, power, and war
type: Concept
narrower: social control

politics and law
type: Concept
narrower: social control

punishment
type: Concept
broader: social control

registration
type: Concept
broader: social control

regulations
type: Concept
broader: social control

social control
type: Concept
broader: politics and law
broader: politics, power, and war
definition: 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]
narrower: indoctrination
narrower: discipline
narrower: institutionalisation
narrower: law and order
narrower: licensing
narrower: authorization
narrower: police work
narrower: formal social control
narrower: registration
narrower: credentialling
narrower: informal social control
narrower: regulations
narrower: punishment