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'''Social control''' is the progressive belief that individuals can be controlled through cues or through regulation, and is a large field of study within the disciplines of [[Social science]].
==History==
The concept of ''social control'' was made popular during the [[Progressive era]] by [[Edward Alsworth Ross]], a professor of sociology at Stanford and Harvard.
==Controls==
Social control can use criticism, sarcasm, ridicule, shame, and other devices in order to make people behave a certain way.
Another form of control are regulations. Regulations can be created in the middle of the night while nobody notices and have a vast influence on the way people conduct their lives. Since regulations are passed by unelected bureaucrats, they do not require the kind of congressional votes that garner attention.
==See also==
* [[Saul Alinsky]] - Rules as a series of social controls
* [[Panopticon]]
[[Category:Progressive Era]]
==History==
The concept of ''social control'' was made popular during the [[Progressive era]] by [[Edward Alsworth Ross]], a professor of sociology at Stanford and Harvard.
==Controls==
Social control can use criticism, sarcasm, ridicule, shame, and other devices in order to make people behave a certain way.
Another form of control are regulations. Regulations can be created in the middle of the night while nobody notices and have a vast influence on the way people conduct their lives. Since regulations are passed by unelected bureaucrats, they do not require the kind of congressional votes that garner attention.
==See also==
* [[Saul Alinsky]] - Rules as a series of social controls
* [[Panopticon]]
[[Category:Progressive Era]]