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  2. Control theory (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    Control theory diagram [1] Control theory in sociology is the idea that two control systems—inner controls and outer controls—work against our tendencies to deviate. Control theory can either be classified as centralized or decentralized. Decentralized control is considered market control. Centralized control is considered bureaucratic control

  3. Patriarchal clan system - Wikipedia

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    In ancient China, the patriarchal clan system (Chinese: 宗法; pinyin: zōngfǎ; lit. 'clan law') of the Zhou cultural sphere was a primary means of group relations and power stratification prior to the Western Zhou and through the first half of the Eastern Zhou dynasty. This method of social organisation underlay and prefigured the political ...

  4. Clan - Wikipedia

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    Clannism (in Somali culture, qabiilism) [6] is a system of society based on clan affiliation. [ 7 ] The Islamic world , the Near East , North and the Horn of Africa in general, and Somali culture specifically, is patriarchal [ 8 ] and traditionally centered on patrilineal clans or tribes.

  5. Systems of social stratification - Wikipedia

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    Clan rank also has ritual correlates: top ranking clans, the "head of the Anaconda", are "chiefs" or "headmen" who control the group's dance ornaments and Yuruparí and sponsor major rituals; middle ranking clans are specialist dancers and chanters; below them come shamans; and at the bottom are servant clans, the "tail of the Anaconda", who ...

  6. Somali clans - Wikipedia

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    Under this system, only the victim or their immediate family has the authority to initiate criminal proceedings through xeer mediation. xeer relies on clan elders who utilize precedent, Sharia law, and mutual verbal agreements between clans to settle disputes and provide resolutions. [60] [61]

  7. Band society - Wikipedia

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    Their idea was then developed by A. R. Radcliffe-Brown, as a model for all Australian indigenous societies, the horde being defined as a group of parental families whose married males all belonged to the one patrilineal clan. [5] 'Horde' from the outset bore stereotypical connotations of Australian Aboriginal societies as primitive, closed ...

  8. Social control - Wikipedia

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    Social control is the regulations, sanctions, mechanisms, and systems that restrict the behaviour of individuals in accordance with social norms and orders. Through both informal and formal means, individuals and groups exercise social control both internally and externally.

  9. Clans in Central Asia - Wikipedia

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    Until the Tulip Revolution of 2005 the Sarybagysh clan had control over the ministries of finance, internal affairs, foreign affairs, state security and the presidential staff. [7] The Ong group consists of one clan, the Adygine, based in the south. The Ichkilik is also a southern grouping, but has non-ethnic Kyrgyz members.