Contents: The notion of control in sociological theory / Lewis A. Coser -- The notion of control in psychological theory / Eugene Burnstein -- The politics of control and the control of politics / Samuel Krislov - Law as a means of social control / Jack P. Gibbs -- Behavior modification and social control / Leonard Krasner -- The emergence of the regulatory society / Richard N. Adams -- Social control and the economy / Ivar Berg -- The American family / Rose Laub Coser -- Information management and mass media / George A. Comstock -- Cultural differentiation, cultural integration, and social control / Diana H. Crane -- Social control and social conflict / Austin T. Turk -- Prospects for control theories and research / Robert F. Meier

1. Social control