Workers' Education as Determining Social Control
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9763361 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hilda Worthington Smith (Workers' Education under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1935 |
| Volume | 182 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 82-92 |
| Publication date | 1935-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271623518200111 |
| OpenAlex | W2028169552 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
T O LINK workers' education to the topic of social control must presuppose, for the purposes of this discussion, some definition of terms. Do we mean a type of social control through an individual or group such as exists today in several European countries? Do we mean any organized effort to plan our social and economic order for the benefit of the whole group concerned? In this article, which applies directly to one type of American education, and will discuss its relation to some of our confused but democratic American objectives, we shall define social control as meaning the control of society through the participation of all those affected by plans for economic and social patterns; control directed to the immediate and future well-being of all the people. Such a control necessitates an informed and intelligent citizenship, with every member having the right to full participation in local and national affairs. The definition also implies a citizenship imbued with a desire to take part in planning its own affairs, and able to discover and use channels for social action. Moreover, as we live in a day when group action often proves effective where individual action fails, this definition of social control indicates a group consciousness, developing in the individual new powers and a new perspective; merging his will in the will of the group, and making him familiar with the techniques of achievement through group initiative
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| Citations per year | 0.04 |
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| Citation span | 1998 - 1998 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |