The Labelling Theory of Crime
Labelling theory argues that criminal and deviant acts are a result of labelling by authorities – and the powerless are more likely to be negatively labelled.
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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.
Zygmunt Bauman’s Liquid Modernity – A Summary of Chapter One
A brief summary of Zygmunt Bauman’s Liquid Modernity, chapter one. A level sociology labels Bauman as a postmodern Marxist. Chapter One – Emancipation The chapter begins with Marcuse’s complaint (writing in the 1970s) that most people don’t see the need to be liberated from society, and of those that do, relatively few are prepared to … Continue reading “Zygmunt Bauman’s Liquid Modernity – A Summary of Chapter One”
Social Action Theory – A Summary
A summary of Webers’ Verstehen Goffman’s Dramaturgical Theory, Symbolic Interactionism and and Labellling.
Sociological Theories
Sociological Theories include Positivism, Interpretivism, Functionalism, Marxism, Feminism Social Action Theory, and Post and Late Modernism. Relevant theoretical debates include ‘is sociology a science’ and the relationship between sociology and social policy.
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
The self is a performance!
