social stability
Peaceful communal order
Social stability is the condition of a society functioning without major disruption, upheaval, or threat of collapse.
It implies continuity of institutions, predictable daily life, and absence of widespread unrest: The regime prioritized social stability above individual freedoms.
Governments often invoke social stability to justify policies that suppress dissent or maintain the status quo.
- public policyGovernment's societal problem-solving approach
- public safetyCollective welfare from threats
- law and orderGovernance through enforced rules
- rule of lawSupremacy of established laws
- governanceHow authority is exercised
shared values · common good · constitutionalism · fiscal policy · gradualism · legitimacy · civic engagement · democracy · collective memory · healthcare systems · electoral systems · market regulation · cultural heritage · economic growth · inflation control · safety net · employment rates · bread and butter
- functionalismMerton, Durkheim, dysfunction, Malinowski
social stabilitysocial collapse
Disintegration of organized community
instability · anarchy · civil war · disorder · social upheaval
social stabilityrevolution
Violent governmental overthrow
social revolution · upheaval · political revolution · violent overthrow · revolutionary change
social stabilitypolarization
Separation into opposing extremes
civil strife · sectarian conflict · class warfare · tribal conflict · ethnic conflict