Using material from Item A and elsewhere‚ assess the contribution of functionalism to our understanding of families and households. In this essay‚ with the use of information from Item A and elsewhere‚ I will go into an extent to explain the functionalist view of understanding of the role of families and households. Functionalists believe that society is based on a shared value consensus‚ this is a set of shared norms and values into which society socialises its members‚ This enables society
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Using material from item A and elsewhere‚ assess the view that crime and deviance are the product of using labelling processes (21 marks) Some sociologists believe that the initial cause of crime and deviance is attaching a definition or meaning to an individual or group of individuals‚ due to their ethnicity‚ social background‚ or gender. Many sociologists argue that no act is criminal in itself‚ however it only becomes criminal when others label it so. The labelling theory tends to look more at
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When studying crime and deviance‚ in particular the causes of crime‚ it is often useful to look at the reasons behind why people commit crimes in the first place. For interactionists‚ crime and deviance is a product of labelling. They believe that when a crime is committed‚ it is because a public application of a negative description of a powerless individual has occurred and that is the reason why a crime has been committed by that individual. Labelling is deterministic of your future life. Interactionists
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Using material from item A and elsewhere‚ assess the value of the right realist approach to crime and deviance (21 marks) While theories such as critical criminology and labelling regard crime as socially constructed‚ realists see crime‚ as a real and growing problem that destroys communities‚ undermines social cohesion and threatens society’s work ethic. The right realist approach to crime has been very influential in the UK‚ the USA and elsewhere. For example its main theorist‚ James Q .Wilson
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Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere‚ assess the view that the nuclear family is no longer the norm. (24 marks) A nuclear family is a common type of family that consists of two parent living with their biological children (immediate family)‚ this type of family is considered the norm. An example of a nuclear family is ‘The Simpsons’. Leach calls this the
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21 Mark Essay – Using material from Item A and elsewhere‚ assess the usefulness of labelling theory in explaining crime and deviance. Focusing on interactionist approaches such as Becker (1963); labelling theory suggests that deviancy is a social process usually related to power differences but it doesn’t explain the causes of crime. It does however explain why some people or actions are described as deviant‚ and can help in understanding crime and deviance. Becker argues deviance is a behaviour
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‘Using Material From Item A and elsewhere‚ assess the contribution of functionalism to our understanding of families and households’ According to functionalist sociologists‚ the family is a key institution of society. It performs vitals functions for the maintenance of society as a whole and for the benefit of all its individual members‚ for example according to George peter Murdock‚ it provides for the stable satisfaction of the sex drive and thus avoids the social disruption and conflict
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Using materials from the items and elsewhere assess sociological explanations for inequalities between husbands and wives. It is quite evident that there are inequalities between husbands and wives‚ such as the division of domestic labour. However some sociologists would argue that the inequalities between husband and wife are beneficial for society. This essay will set out to assess sociological explanations for inequalities between husbands and wives. Firstly feminists propose that there are
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Using material from item ‘a’ and elsewhere assess the contribution of Marxism to our understanding of the roles of education in society. Item A Marxists take a critical view of the role of education. Capitalist society is essentially a two-class system‚ with a ruling class exploiting the working class. Marxist see education as being run in the interests if the ruling class. For example‚ Althusser argues that education is an important ideological state apparatus that helps to control people’s
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Using material from Item A and elsewhere assess the contribution of functionalism to our understanding of the role of education (20 Marks) In this essay I am going to assess the role and purpose of education in society according to different sociologists. I will go through some sociological theories and evaluate their perspectives using material from Item A. I will then look at criticisms from different sociological theories‚ then I will draw up a conclusion to my analysis and evaluation. Functionalists
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