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
Work, Poverty and Welfare
Globalisation and the global division of labour
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Overview
Deindustrialisation, transnational corporations, the global division of labour, and the effect on wages and migration.
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What is globalisation?
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The increasing interconnectedness of economies, cultures and populations across the world through trade, migration and communication.
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How has globalisation affected the location of manufacturing jobs?
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It has led to the relocation of manufacturing jobs from developed to developing countries where labour costs are lower.
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How has globalisation contributed to deindustrialisation in developed countries?
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It has caused decline in manufacturing employment and growth in service sector jobs.
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What effect has globalisation had on wages and working conditions?
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It has increased competition for jobs and put downward pressure on wages and working conditions in some sectors.
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What are transnational corporations and how do they operate?
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They operate across national boundaries and can move production to locations with lower costs and fewer regulations.
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What is meant by the global division of labour?
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The specialisation of different countries and regions in particular types of economic activity within the world economy.
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