Evaluation
AQA A-Level Sociology 7192
Education
Topic overviewThe role and functions of educationClass differences in educational achievementLabelling, subcultures and processes within schoolsGender and educational achievementEthnicity and educational achievementSelection and marketisationPrivatisation and vocational educationEducational policy, equality and globalisation
Methods in Context
Theory and Methods
Culture and IdentityOptional topic
Families and HouseholdsOptional topic
Topic overviewFunctionalist views of the familyMarxist and feminist views of the familyThe New Right, postmodernism and family policyMarriage, cohabitation and divorceFamily diversity and the personal life perspectiveConjugal roles and domestic labourPower relationships and domestic violenceThe social construction of childhoodBirth rates and death ratesFamily size and the ageing populationMigration and globalisation
HealthOptional topic
Work, Poverty and WelfareOptional topic
Beliefs in SocietyOptional topic
Topic overviewIdeology and science as belief systemsFunctionalist views of religionMarxist and feminist views of religionReligion as a force for social changeChurches, sects, denominations and cultsNew religious movements and New Age movementsReligion, gender, ethnicity, age and social classSecularisationBelieving without belonging and postmodern religionGlobalisation, fundamentalism and religion worldwide
Global DevelopmentOptional topic
The MediaOptional topic
Stratification and DifferentiationOptional topic
Crime and Deviance
Topic overviewFunctionalist, strain and control theories of crimeSubcultural theories of crimeInteractionism and labelling theoryMarxist and critical theories of crimeLeft and right realismGender and crimeSocial class, white-collar and corporate crimeEthnicity, policing and the criminal justice systemGlobalisation and crimeThe media, crime and fear of crimeMoral panics and the deviancy amplification spiralGreen crimeState crime and human rightsDenial, neutralisation and prosecuting state crimeSituational and environmental crime preventionRealist crime control, surveillance and the panopticonPunishment, sentencing and the criminal justice systemVictims and victimologyCrime prevention strategies and their limits
Beliefs in Society
Secularisation
- 3 things to know
- Paper 2
Overview
Weber's rationalisation, structural differentiation, Berger's sacred canopy, and the evidence Bruce and Wilson use.
What you need to know
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Key term
How has welfare provision changed through structural differentiation?
Key term
How has law changed through structural differentiation?
Questions from this subtopic
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What is secularisation?
Model answer
The decline in the social significance of religion, including declining religious practice, belief, and influence of religious institutions.
- 2
What evidence supports secularisation in Britain?
Model answer
Declining church attendance, falling church membership, fewer religious marriages and baptisms, and declining belief in God.
- 3
What is Weber's rationalisation thesis?
Model answer
The growth of rational, scientific thinking in modern societies undermines religious explanations of the world, leading to disenchantment.
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What is structural differentiation in relation to secularisation?
Model answer
As societies modernise, specialised institutions take over functions previously performed by religion, reducing its social significance.
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How has education become secularised through structural differentiation?
Model answer
Education is now provided by secular institutions rather than religious ones, removing a key function religion previously performed.
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How has welfare provision changed through structural differentiation?
Model answer
Welfare is now provided by the state rather than religious organisations, reducing religion's social role.
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