Social control

United States, 1983

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Episode number 18 of Series “Faces of culture”.
All humans have to co-exist with other humans and for this to be a peaceful co-existence there must be some form of social control. Societies have therefore developed rules, habits and customs which are learned from childhood, in order to control behaviour. This program looks at different patterns of control, using as examples the Amish of Pennsylvania, the Masai, and the United Nations. It also explains the principles of mediation, adjudication and judgement and gives examples of these. Narrated by David Carradine.

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Credits

director

Harry Ratner

producer

Ira R. Abrams

production company

Coast Community College District

Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1983

Appears in

Faces of culture

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Faces of culture

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303952

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Masai (African people)

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Amish

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Law

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social control

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social norms

History → Amish

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

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Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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