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The problem of social order and the classics
Social theory and social order
 Reflect on the consequences of social order
 Cooperation, fear of punishment – those who do
not obey deviate
 Why does social cohesion survive?
 Interest in how social cohesion survives under
conditions of instability and inequality
 Social order – as a product of society, or forces
that produce social cohesion and the maintenance
of hierarchies
 Society also a product of social order as well as
social order being a product of society
 Why is social life patterned in this way?
 Is social order fair?
 How can we explain that the universe is not
random, but there is some order – success as a
motivator e.g. money, gaining a degree


 Central questions to theorists: order and action.