Physical Education A-Level
Agents of social control and their sanctions
What Agents of social control and their sanctions means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Formal agents such as schools, governing bodies and the law, and informal agents such as family, peers and media, which reward conformity and sanction deviation.
Topics that use Agents of social control and their sanctions
- Sociological theory applied to equal opportunities (AQA A-Level)
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