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Social Control: The Leviathan

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The Leviathan’s state can be seen as a form of social control as they applied regulations as a formal institution. For instance, the government prevented violence or anomie in a society through law and order. These regulations are internalized by society as the socialization of norms and values. Socialization develops behaviour of what is right and wrong set by a society. This established a foundation of order within a society. Essentially, to fit in you have to follow the crowd or face the consequence of being an outsider. Social control was a slow progression of stages through centralized power, etiquette and economic revolution from the 11th to the 18th Century, that helped create a less violent Europe. As violence was seen as morally wrong
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