Political Order

Political order refers to a set of organizations, and a series of actions that enables the state to try and stabilize society to create a sense of order, therefore preventing social chaos. Political order and disorder are everywhere - we practice this on an everyday scale. Social Scientists try to connect the routine and micro-level effects of everyday lives, with the larger scale process of the State, which provides an institution for political order for society.This essay will examine and assess how political order is made and repaired. I will use empirical evidence, as well as coherence and comprehensiveness to back up my claims, along with case studies.

Political order is made and repaired by all individuals, whether we are aware of it or not. The state, along with other systems, are put in place to help contribute to the making and remaking of social and political order. With the use of state actors and institutions, this makes it possible for political order to be in our lives on a daily basis. People who you encounter daily - the lollipop lady at the school gates when taking your children to nursery or school. The teachers or nursery nurses at the school or nursery, doctors, health visitors and social workers etc. These all contribute to making political order as they are state employee's. By the use of state agents - people employed by a state institution or employed through the public sector, these also help to bring order into our lives. When looking at additional material things we may encounter throughout the day; speed camera's on the way to work, ambulances or police cars that may be on the road at the same time, the postman even, delivering the mail before leaving home, all these things happen because of the regulation of the state, and it's actors and agents. When looking at state institutions, these are made up of organizations like the post office, the hospital and police service and maybe also where you work. Even little things, like the... [continues]

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