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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
Theories of stratification
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Overview
Marx on class and exploitation, Weber on class, status and party, and the functionalist case of Davis and Moore.
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What is social stratification?
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The hierarchical arrangement of individuals and groups into layers or strata based on unequal access to resources, power and prestige.
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In Marxist theory, what is the relationship of the bourgeoisie to the means of production?
Model answer
The bourgeoisie own the means of production.
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According to Marx, how does the proletariat survive economically?
Model answer
The proletariat sell their labour power to the bourgeoisie.
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How does exploitation occur in Marxist theory?
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Through the extraction of surplus value from workers' labour by the bourgeoisie.
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What does Marxist theory identify as the driving force of social change?
Model answer
Class conflict between the bourgeoisie and proletariat.
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In Weber's theory, what determines an individual's class position?
Model answer
Market position and life chances.
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