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Social Control

This program describes the processes and methods societies use to establish and maintain social control. It mainly emphasizes interaction among members of the same group, but some attention is given to disputes between societies. The program describes the differences between internal control (i.e., religious dictates) and external control (i.e., code of law), methods of enforcement and why one type of social control might best serve the society's needs. It explores the various functions law might serve in different cultures, as well as the concepts of formal and informal dispute settlement, negotiation, adjudication and mediation. Finally, the program explores the phenomenon of war and explains hows the concept of world view is integral to explaining why and how war occurs.

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  • "This program describes the processes and methods societies use to establish and maintain social control. It mainly emphasizes interaction among members of the same group, but some attention is given to disputes between societies. The program describes the differences between internal control (i.e., religious dictates) and external control (i.e., code of law), methods of enforcement and why one type of social control might best serve the society's needs. It explores the various functions law might serve in different cultures, as well as the concepts of formal and informal dispute settlement, negotiation, adjudication and mediation. Finally, the program explores the phenomenon of war and explains hows the concept of world view is integral to explaining why and how war occurs."@en
  • "Explores the limitations and dysfunctions of prisons as institutions of social control and socialization, presenting alternatives to prisons."
  • "Examines diverse forms of systems designed to maintain order within a society and explores the possibilities of establishing peace and order among the societies of the world."@en
  • "In this program we are introduced to some diverse forms of systems designed to maintain order within a society. The internal controls which are sufficient for small and uniform groups are replaced by more formal and external systems in Western culture, established by law and enforced by police."
  • "Examines diverse forms of systems designed to maintain order within a society including various kinds of conflict resolution and sanctions ranging formal trials, mediation, and "trial by ordeal" in India. Cultures and countries used as examples include the Amish of Pennsylvania, Eskimos and the Masai and Barabaig people of Africa."@en
  • "Anthropologists discuss the diverse systems designed to maintain order within society."@en
  • "Anthropologists discuss the diverse systems designed to maintain order within society."
  • "For any culture or group to function some set of rules must be in place. Religious traditions in New York, the Amish Community in Pennsylvania, the Numewala of India, the Barabaig of Tanzania, are used to examine various methods for retaining social order and resolving conflict. Internal and external forms of control, formal and informal systems of law, are also considered."@en
  • "Religious traditions in New York, the Amish Community in Pennsylvania, the Numewala of India, and the Barabaig of Tanzania are used to examine various methods for retaining social order and resolving conflict. Internal and external forms of control, formal and informal systems of law, are also considered."
  • "For society to function, there must be order and social control, on which we rely to resolve or avoid conflict. The internal controls which are sufficient for small and uniform groups are replaced by more formal and external systems in western culture, established by law and enforced by police."@en
  • "Shows the difference between societies that use internal controls (the Amish) and those that use external controls. Law in our society is an external control as are various forms of negotiation. The program includes film of tribes in Africa (Nuer), the Arctic (Inuit), the unusual "trial by ordeal" practiced by the Kpelle tribesmen of Liberia, and examines why crime and punishment mean different things in different cultures."@en
  • "Religious traditions in New York, the Amish Community in Pennsylvania, the Numewala of India, the Barabaig of Tanzania, are used to examine various methods for retaining social order and resolving conflict. Internal and external forms of control, formal and informal systems of law, are also considered."@en
  • "This program examines various alternatives to prisons to foster positive behavioral changes among those found guilty of criminal activities."@en
  • "Studies many forms of control found in various societies. Shows forms of conflict resolution such as the "trial by ordeal" method used by the Kpelle of Liberia."@en
  • "Religious traditions in New York, the Amish Community in Pennsylvania, the Numewala of India, the Barabaig of Tanzania, are used to examine various methods for retaining social order and resolving conflict. Internal and external forms of control, formal and informal systems of law, are also considered."

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  • "Case studies"@en
  • "Cross-cultural studies"@en
  • "Cross-cultural studies"

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  • "Social Control"@en
  • "Social control"
  • "Social control"@en

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