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  2. Secondary authority - Wikipedia

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    Some secondary authority materials are written and published by governments to explain the laws in simple, non-technical terms, while other secondary authority materials are written and published by private companies, non-profit organizations, or other groups or individuals. Some examples of primarily American secondary authority are:

  3. Types of social groups - Wikipedia

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    Examples include study groups, sports teams, schoolmates, attorney-client, doctor-patient, coworkers, etc. Cooley had made the distinction between primary and secondary groups, by noting that the term for the latter refers to relationships that generally develop later in life, likely with much less influence on one’s identity than primary groups.

  4. Social control - Wikipedia

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    The term "social control" was first introduced to sociology by Albion Woodbury Small and George Edgar Vincent in 1894. However, at the time, sociologists only showed sporadic interest in the subject. [10] While the concept of social control has been around since the formation of organized sociology, the meaning has been altered over time.

  5. Obligation - Wikipedia

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    A "secondary obligation" is a duty which arises in law as a consequence of another, primary, obligation. [11] A person may themselves incur an obligation to perform a secondary obligation, for example, as a result of them breaching their primary obligation, or by another party breaching an obligation which the secondary obligor has guaranteed .

  6. Three-component theory of stratification - Wikipedia

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    According to Weber, the ability to possess power derives from the individual's ability to control various "social resources". "The mode of distribution gives to the propertied a monopoly on the possibility of transferring property from the sphere of use as 'wealth' to the sphere of 'capital,' that is, it gives them the entrepreneurial function and all chances to share directly or indirectly in ...

  7. Six students overdose on possibly 'tainted' cocaine batch at ...

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    Multiple college students in Colorado were taken to a hospital overnight after overdosing at a fraternity house due to a "possibly tainted batch of cocaine," police said.

  8. Secondary deviance - Wikipedia

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    Secondary deviance is a stage in a theory of deviant identity formation. [1] Introduced by Edwin Lemert in 1951, primary deviance is engaging in the initial act of deviance, he subsequently suggested that secondary deviance is the process of a deviant identity, integrating it into conceptions of self, potentially affecting the individual long term.

  9. As Musk gains influence, questions hover over US probes into ...

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    It remains unclear what authority the role will carry. Musk has touted his newfound influence and given specific examples of how he might use it. Before the election, Musk said he would seek to ...