Key term
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
Theory and Methods
Modernity and post-modernity
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Overview
Industrialisation, nation-states and belief in progress, set against fragmentation, media saturation and the rejection of grand narratives.
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Key term
How do rational thinking, belief in progress and globalisation feature in accounts of modernity?
Process
What characterises post-modernity, and how does it challenge sociology's claim to objectivity?
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How is industrialisation a characteristic of modernity?
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Industrialisation involves the shift from agricultural to factory-based production, transforming economic organisation and social relationships.
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How is urbanisation associated with modernity?
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Urbanisation involves the growth of cities and movement of populations from rural to urban areas, changing patterns of social life and community.
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What role do nation-states play as a feature of modernity?
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Nation-states are centralised political units with defined territories and sovereignty, providing the dominant form of political organisation in modern societies.
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What does rational-scientific thinking mean as a characteristic of modernity?
Model answer
Rational-scientific thinking involves using reason, logic and empirical evidence rather than tradition or religion to understand and explain the world.
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What is the belief in progress associated with modernity?
Model answer
The belief in progress is the idea that society is continually improving through scientific advancement, rational planning and human effort.
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What are grand narratives in the context of modernity?
Model answer
Grand narratives are overarching theories or stories that claim to explain social development and history, such as Marxism or the Enlightenment idea of progress.
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