Tag: consensus
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Jews and Muslims Unite to Help Combat Poverty
Sociology is usually all doom and gloom, but here’s a nice example of something positive for once… This community food kitchen in Nottingham is a joint project between Jews and Muslims which takes surplus food from supermarkets and cooks it to distribute it to those in financial difficulty. Relevance to A-level Sociology This is a…
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Is Religion a Source of Consensus or Conflict?
Functionalism is the only perspective which has traditionally argued that religion is a source of value consensus, all other perspectives disagree with this in one way or another, but not all believe that religion is necessarily a cause of overt conflict in the world. Functionalism Functionalists generally argue that religion promotes value consensus in a…
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‘Station’ based lessons for A level sociology
Station based lessons are those in which the teacher sets up a number of different (and differentiated) tasks on different tables in the class room and students spend a set time at each table, moving from task to task. I find these are most useful at the very beginning of the Winter and Easter terms,…
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Sociological Perspectives on Crime and Deviance
A brief overview of some sociological perspectives on crime and deviance – from Functionalism through to Right Realism. Theory Summary Functionalism Argue that societies need a limited amount of crime, because crime is inevitable (society of saints argument) and that crime performs three positive functions: regulation, integration and change. Also see Durkheim’s work on suicide.…
