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    Childhood is socially construted‚ this means it is only a human concept and the only reason that ’childhood ’ exists is because society makes it that way. Over time childhood has changed as different norms and values over each century of life have been different and is still changing at present. Also in different places of the world there are different cultures and ethics so therefore their veiw of childhood will also be different. As Wagg (1992) states ‘Childhood is socially constructed. It is

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    American life is a song wrote by American singer-songwriter Madonna Basically the song is about how she tried to be something she is not and then realize that what she had being tried in the end is meaningless . The song could be divided in three part‚ in which contains and delivers completely different viewpoint. From its very opening line‚ “Do I have to change my name /will it get me far /should I lose some weight /Am I goanna be a star” offering an image of finding a way to stay at the top

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    Assess sociological explanations of the nature and extent of family diversity today (24 marks) Rhona and Robert Rapoport (1982) argue that diversity is of central importance in understanding family life today. They believe that we have moved away from the traditional nuclear family as the dominant family type‚ to a range of different diverse types. Families in Britain have adapted to a pluralistic society; a society in which cultures and lifestyles are more diverse. In their view‚ family diversification

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    Taking Chances

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    Taking Chances How do you feel about sharing secrets with someone you’ve technically never met? Or saying how your life is to someone that you haven’t even seen face-to-face? What about…going to the extent of falling in love with that anonymous stranger? For some people‚ these things seem out of reach but actually‚ making a friend from the internet is quite thrilling. I know that most people would immediately say‚ “That’s so dangerous‚ I’d better not ever do that.”‚ but actually

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    Assess sociological explanations of the nature and extent of family diversity today. (24 marks) In today’s society‚ there are various alternatives from the typical family type. The top examples of these are lone-parent‚ cohabitation and reconstituted. But there are also some others such as same sex couples‚ single parent and multi-cultural families. There has been a decrease in the number of nuclear families in the UK and an increase in various other families such as single parent families. But

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    1) Beveridge report a) Influential document in founding the social welfare system of Great Britain‚ 1942‚ Chaired by William Bevridge 2) Backbenchers a) Do not have any real policy making power‚ but provide services to the constituents and allow for a link between parliament and the citizenry 3) Tony Blair a) Parliament member who served as prime minister from 1997 to 2007‚ youngest prime minister‚ part of the Labour Party‚ Founded The Third Way 4) British Broadcasting corporation a) Largest

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    Assess the sociological explanations of the relationship between occupation and social class. The term "Social Class" is widely used in sociology to differentiate the population on grounds of economic considerations‚ such as inequality in terms of wealth or income. An occupation is an individual’s established choice of employment which provides most of the time a steady source of income. According to Karl Marx‚ the transition from feudalism to industrialization has produced a highly unequal capitalist

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    Britain Britain Laura The alliances that Britain belonged with and their primary allies mold history and the war’s that Britain battled. Although there were many concerns such as security‚ strength‚ and wealth that led Britain to gain alliances; Britain’s economic growth and revolutionary expansions of modern technology topped the list in countries of Europe‚ and major imperialist’s activities for Britain during the nineteenth century grew. In addition Britain’s

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    A Second Chance

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    Sometimes I walk right to her face and she stares right throw me‚ as if I am nothing but glass. I’ve tried talking‚ pleading‚ and even yelling at her to get her attention‚ but that doesn’t even work. If I had the chance to take all of it back I would. My mother knew what she was talking about but I just chose not to listen. I followed her up stairs and noticed that she was turning right‚ the exact same direction where my room was. My mom opened the door and at once you could feel the intense heat

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    Second Chance

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    Second Chance at Second Education Over the years‚ the amount of people attending colleges has been increasing significantly‚ and the appeal of wanting to go to a college has been increasing also. The idea of education after high school has been commonly‚ in the past few years‚ I was blessed with many opportunities that made me reconsider overcoming my problems and finally end up wanting to attend a college. In the early years of my life‚ there were many obstacles that pushed me away from wanting

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