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Social control

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milieu controlnoun(idiomatic, linguistics) tactics that control environment and human communication through the use of peer pressure and group language.
behavioral forcenounAny type of influence, such as peer pressure, that compels people in a society to behave according to certain norms.
social patternnounThe systems of control mechanisms to dominate these entities of the organization to achieve a defined goal.
power dynamicsnoun(sociology, politics) Methods used by different groups of people to influence or control each other.
clan controlnoun(management) A control system which relies on shared values and norms rather than bureaucratic structures.
social powernoun(sociology) The ability of an actor to change the incentive structures of other actors in order to bring about an outcome.
social programmingnounThe ideas, concepts and beliefs of our social environment that become ingrained in our psyche.
hegemonynoun(formal) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
social cohesionnounThe maintenance of stability in a given society.
ruling classnoun(sociology, politics) The social class of a given society that controls that society's political agenda, whether as a formal aristocracy or a party leadership or as an informal unit within democracies.
form of governmentnoun(political science) The system by which a state or community is controlled, as for decision-making or choice of rulers.
command and controlnoun(military, law enforcement) The management and logistics of a military or paramilitary force.
self-governmentnounThe governance of a region by its own populace; autonomy.
security culturenounA set of practices shared by a community whose members may engage in illegal or sensitive activities, in order to minimize the risk of these activities being subverted or sabotaged.
social ordernounThe stability of a society, in contrast to social chaos and upheaval.
culturenounThe arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize humankind, or a particular society or nation.
systemnounA group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
police statenoun(usually derogatory) A polity whose government exercises strict and repressive control of the people.
political systemnounA complete set of institutions, political organizations, interest groups (such as political parties, trade unions, lobby groups), the relationships between those institutions and the political norms and rules that govern their functions (constitution, election law).
socializationnounThe act of interacting with others, of being social.

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