What are the functions of the family today?
How have the functions of the family changed? Are the functions of the family in decline?
Families and Households
Families and Households
To what extent is the family a willing unit of consumption?
Evaluating the Marxist view of the family and false needs
migration
Why do we have a British Citizenship Test?
The UK citizenship was introduced in 2005 in order to address White Working Class concerns over immigration, at least according to one sociologist….
Families and Households, gender equality at home
Parenting, childcare and gender equality
Parenting is getting more equal, but is still not equal, for example in 2022 women did 30 minutes more childcare per day than their male partners.
Demography, Families and Households
Life Expectancy in England is Stalling
Life expectancy has been steadily increasing since 1900, but this trend seems to be stalling, according to the recent Marmot
migration
Deported to Death – What happens to Mexican Migrants after Deportation?
What happens to those many thousands of migrants who make it across the Mexican U.S. border, but are later sent
migration
The decline of the nation state and the rise of anti-immigration attitudes
Globlisation has undermined the capacity of governments to govern on behalf of their citizens, because governments have generally preferred to do the bidding of Transnational Corporations. This means most countries now have a reduced welfare state, they are able to do less for their citizens. This results in anti-immigration attitudes and policies
Demography, Families and Households
Why are Americans Dying Younger?
Life Expectancy in the U.S. has fallen for the last three years in a row, which is yet further supporting
Families and Households, Marriage, Divorce and Cohabitation
Self-Partenering
Emma Watson recently coined the term ‘self-partnering’ to demonstrate her happiness with being single, which is in an increasing trend
Childhood, Contemporary Sociology, Families and Households, Sociology key terms
Generation Anxious
Generation Anxious 700 000 children in the U.K. are currently registered with an emotional disorder, that’s 7.2%, of 5-19 year