SOC 633 Lecture : Class 05 - Power and Forms of Social Regulation - September 19.docx

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 633
• Professor: Lock Rebecca

Document Summary

Class 05 - power and forms of social regulation september 19, 2012. Power is exercised (not possessed) the exercise of power creates identities, deviancy, norms, etc. People occupy multiple subject positions so they have conflicting interests/alliances. Power relations are not fixed; they must be constantly performed anew. Moral: normal / deviant; appropriate / inappropriate; good / evil; right / wrong. Moral regulation is taking place if, the activities people engage in are labeled as deviant, if this. The right and proper are established through moral regulation identification becomes integrated into the way people are identified and identify themselves, and if people are consequently subject to a range of negative sanctions. Particular forms of expression and conduct are encouraged and others are discouraged. Disciplinary regimes are established with systems of enticement and duress both symbolically and institutionally.