The exploitation of young people in the UK
Millions of young people are exploited at work through unpaid trial shifts, lower minimum wages for example.
youth
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Culture and Identity
Culture and Identity is an module on the AQA’s A-level Sociology specification. It is usually taught in the first year
Social class, wealth and income inequalities
Do we need to reform Sickness Benefits in the UK…?
Recent figures (1) show that 3.3 million working-age adults in Britain are receiving incapacity benefit, 700,000 more than before Covid.
housing policy
The Evolution of Housing Policy in Twentieth-Century Britain
SUPPLY AND DEMAND Housing supply is affected by both the quantity and quality of accommodation. Setting acceptable and affordable standards
Sociology key terms
Sociological Perspectives on Cocaine Use in the UK
Explore sociological perspectives on cocaine use in the UK, linking rising drug trends to theories of crime, deviance, capitalism, identity, and globalisation.
Crime and Deviance
Radical Criminology, aka New or Critical Criminology
Emerging in the late 1960s and 70s, Radical Criminology, aka New Criminology combined Marxist and Interactionist approaches, emphasizing capitalism’s role in producing crime, and the subsequent societal reactions. It called for understanding crime through several factors such as wealth distribution and societal response to deviance. Critics argue it offers no practical solution to crime and romanticizes criminals, while ignoring crime victimization of women.
Crime and Deviance
Hidden Girls – A Documentary on the Exploitation of Girls in Gangs
Gangs in the UK are increasingly ‘recruiting’ very young girls, as young as 10, to hold and run drugs and
Childhood, Families and Households
Timeline of Social Policies which changed childhood
Below is a timeline of some of the social policies which changed childhood, from the early 19th century through to
teaching and learning theory
Sentence Sorts for Teaching A-Level Sociology – How Useful Are They?
Matching exercises or ‘sentence sorts’ simply involve students matching the concept/ sociologist/ perspective/ method to a definition/ statement. Simple example:
Book summaries
This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein: A Summary (of Part 1)
Summary & Study Notes (Part 1, Chapters 1–5) One-sentence overview: Klein argues that neoliberal globalisation turbo-charged emissions, that public planning
