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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
Stratification and Differentiation
Changing structures of inequality and globalisation
- 3 things to know
- Paper 2
Overview
Deindustrialisation, the underclass thesis, and Sklair on the transnational capitalist class.
What you need to know
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Key term
According to Sklair, which four groups comprise the transnational capitalist class?
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What has been the effect of growing wealth inequality on resources and wages?
Questions from this subtopic
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What is deindustrialisation?
Model answer
The decline of manufacturing industry, leading to the loss of traditional working-class jobs and communities.
- 2
How has the shift from manufacturing to service sector employment affected the class structure?
Model answer
It has changed the occupational structure by expanding middle-class positions.
- 3
What does the underclass thesis suggest?
Model answer
That a distinct group exists at the bottom of society characterised by welfare dependency, unemployment and deviant values.
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What is the main criticism of underclass theory?
Model answer
That it blames the poor for structural inequalities and stigmatises those in poverty.
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How has globalisation affected inequality?
Model answer
It has increased inequality both within and between nations through the mobility of capital and competition for investment.
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What is the transnational capitalist class?
Model answer
A global elite of corporate executives, politicians and professionals whose interests transcend national boundaries.
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