Toxic Childhood – Sociology In the News!
Sue Palmer’s (2006) book Toxic Childhood argued that children were being harmed by a combination of technological and social changes […]
Childhood, Families and Households
Families and Households
Families and Households, Sociology key terms
The Long History of the ‘Underclass’ Thesis
Charles Murray’s Underclass Theory – the idea that there is a ‘hardcore’ of a few hundred thousand families and individuals
Demography, Families and Households
Sociology in the News – The Ageing Population and The Crisis in Social Care
A couple of not very pleasant news-items which relate to the problems of the ‘ageing population’: The U.K. is on
Families and Households
Families and Households – Top Ten Concepts
This post should automatically redirect here… to my much fuller glossary of key of terms! If it doesn’t then please
Families and Households
Dating and Relationships in Postmodernity
Tinder and other dating apps certainly seem to be changing the way we meet people in the postmodern age, but
Families and Households, New Right
Evaluating the The New Right View of the Family
The New Right believe that the traditional nuclear family is best and are critical of other ‘non-standard’ family types such
education, Exams and revision advice, Families and Households, research methods
AS and First Year A Level Sociology – Whole Course Overview
An overview of the entire course for AS and first year A level sociology covering the following ‘modules’: Education with
Families and Households, Family diversity
What is the Family?
Functionalist sociologists tended to define the family as consisting of two parents in a committed relationship living together with their children. Postmodern and other sociologists have much broader definitions.
Demography, Families and Households
Demography – Families and Households Topic Overview
Topic 7: Demography Demography refers to the study of the causes and consequences of changes to the size and structure
Families and Households, Social Policies
Social Policy and The Family – Topic Overview
Families and Households – Topic 6 – Social Policy Overview of the topic You need to be able to assess