Felson believes this is due to communication barriers and imposed social norms which place limits on the information people receive from others.

Colonial powers often imposed Western norms on colonized regions.

Government is wrong to impose its ideology or norms on us, whether through requiring prayer or through singling out religious activity for special prohibitions.

Above all, it imposed norms of order and limitation to conceal the Dionysiac revelation of contradiction and excess as ultimate realities.

The 10 projects add up to a protest against attempts to impose rigid social norms on a diverse society.

During the colonial period, colonial powers often imposed Western norms on colonized regions.

The military coups dominated the city council, imposing on the University a new rector and new norms such as praying before and after each lesson.

It imposed horrible new norms for military conflict that endured throughout the murderous 20th century and beyond.

The role of this House is not to impose norms and values but to represent and reflect the views of its constituents and get a balance.

Rules impose norms on the chaos of behavior, either defining the outer limits of what is acceptable or choreographing each move.