ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the certain general features of control and power specifically, with the nature and forms of social control, with the distribution of power among individuals and groups, and with moral responsibility in the use of power. It is clear that control depends on persistent conditioning and that expectancy plays a definite part in making it effective. The enforcement of control is obtained positively by rewards, both material and symbolic, and negatively by coercion or punishment. Controls arise at points of difference or conflict between individuals or groups and are directly related to social organization. In the primary group controls are chiefly informal, but in the course of specialized and institutionalized activities they tend to be formalized. In all societies the use of power is hedged about by the mores and certain institutions. These limit and direct the liberties and responsibilities of individuals and groups.
