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boundary maintenance

A Dictionary of Sociology | 1998 | 388 words | Copyright

boundary maintenance The ways in which societies (or social systems) maintain distinctions between themselves and others. Many have suggested that, by studying the ways in which a society attempts to define its inherently ambiguous—and hence potentially dangerous—peripheral areas, it is possible to obtain a better understanding of what constitutes its key cultural values.

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