Tag: Late modernism
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Thinking about Divorce Might help marriages last longer!
Sociology students should be well aware that we live in age of persistently high divorce rates, with almost half of all marriages ending in Divorce. While marriage is usually a result of romantic love, and the first months and even years might well be pleasant, eventually mere practical concerns such as money, career changes, and…
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Changing Family Values in the UK
Attitudes to family life in the UK and Europe have become more liberal in the last decade
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Postmodern and Late Modern Criminology
A Summary sheet covering post and late modern theories of crime – focusing on Jock Young’s ‘Vertigo of Late Modernity’, the cultural criminology of Katz and Lyng (edgework), and Foucault’s concept of discplinary power and the shift to control through surveillance. Post and Late Modern Theories of Crime (PM/ LM Theories of Crime Control PART…
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Assess the Contribution of Post/ Late Modern Perspectives to our Understanding of Crime and Deviance (30)
An essay plan on Post/ Late Modern perspectives on crime and deviance covering the relationship between consumerism and crime (Robert Reiner), The Vertigo of Late Modernity (Jock Young), the consequences of globalisation for crime, and the rise of cyber crime, all followed by some evaluations and a conclusion. Brief intro outlining the key ideas of…
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What is Sociology? (According to Giddens in Modernity and Self-Identity)
This is a rough outline of some of the purposes Sociology might be put to according to Giddens, gleaned from a reading of his ‘Modernity and Self-Identity Doing research to inform the ongoing process of reflexive modernisation at an institutional level Doing research into how flexible structures and what extent these structures are used (used…