Vol 12, No 1, 2013 pp. 111-115
UDC 316.422
THE ROLE AND SPECIFICS OF SOCIAL CONTROL IN TRANSFORMING SOCIETIES
Olga A. Obryvalina
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Sociology, Moscow, Russia
Email: olgaobryvalina@gmail.com
The article discusses some trends in the development of transitional societies and the role of social control in social, economic and political changes. Firstly, the author claims the need for new criteria of modernization, the clear definition of its intermediate and ultimate goals and control of their realization. And secondly, the positive and negative influence of social control on social reformation is argued.
Key words: social control, modernization, criteria of progress, westernization.
ULOGA I SPECIFIČNOSTI DRUŠTVENE KONTROLE U TRANZICIONIM DRUŠTVIMA
Članak razmatra neke trendove u razvoju tranzicionih društava i ulogu društvene kontrole u društvenim, ekonomskim i političkim promenama. Prvo, autor naglašava potrebu za novim kriterijumima modernizacije, jasno definisanje njenih trenutnih i krajnjih, dugoročnih ciljeva i kontrolu njihove realizacije. I drugo, razmatra se pozitivni i negativni uticaj društvene kontrole na socijalne reforme.
Ključne reči: društvena kontrola, modernizacija, kriterijumi napretka, vesternizacija.
