Sociology GCSE
Power and Social Control
What Power and Social Control means in Sociology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Power and Social Control
Analysis of how formal and informal agencies of social control maintain order and the extent to which they serve the interests of dominant social classes.
Topics that use Power and Social Control
- Crime and deviance (AQA GCSE)
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