Social Order is the system in a society that consists of a set quota of norms,

values and beliefs, and it influences and controls the way people behave.

There are two types of social controls. Informal Social Control and Formal

Social control. Informal social control refers to the mechanisms used to reinforce

socialization. It is based on rewards snd encouragement for correct behavior and

sanctions such as ridicule, gossip and comment for incorrect behavior. In tribal

and primitive societies, religion is a major source of informal social control as it

can define the very principles of a person’s personal as well as public life.

Formal social control is used as a last resort when legal forms of

controlling the population have to be employed. This type of social control is used

in instances of serious deviance which call for police, and courts.

For Thomas Hobbes, an English Philosopher who was writing during the

civil war in England said that humans are constantly competing in a relentless

struggle and without a certain degree of social order they would be locked in

intense competition. Similarly for Durkheim, Society “ is in essence its moral



codes” and that it is these moral codes that prevent humans from going on in

search of unlimited desires.

Marx however, says that social order arises from the capitalist way of

living that dictates the poor and due to economic supremacy forces the

proletariat into accepting the way of life and conditions of pay force on them by

the Bourgeoisie.



Well, that is it for now, I will be back with more lectures, till then Bye.

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