Tag: revision notes
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Conceptualising Gender Equality in Relationships
Most Sociological theorising has stressed the fact that gender roles in family life have become increasingly equal since the 1950s Below is a brief revision map of some of the main sociological concepts which have been developed to describe the ‘typical relationship’: taken together, they suggest a movement towards greater gender equality in relationships: This…
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Applying Sociological Perspectives to the Decline of Marriage – Revision Notes
Summary revision notes (in diagram form) on sociological perspectives applied to the decline of marriage in society, written to help students revise for the families and households section of the AQA’s A-level sociology paper 2: topics in sociology. You will probably need to click to enlarge/ save the picture below! Other sources you might find…
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The Marxist Perspective on the Family: Revision Notes for A-level Sociology
The Marxist Perspective on the Family: Key points and criticisms for A-level sociology in four pictures: 1. The Marxist Perspective on Society (A Reminder!) 2. Engel’s Theory of how The Nuclear Family Emerged with Capitalism (and Private Property) 3. Three Ideological Functions of the Contemporary Nuclear Family 4. Three Criticisms of the Marxist View of the…
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Coalition Education Policies #Revision Notes
Neoliberal ideas were much stronger in the Coalition government’s education policies—in a context of public sector cuts, they focused mainly on the further marketization of education, scrapping many of New Labour’s policies to tackle inequality of opportunity Funding cuts to education Spending on education in the UK fell by almost 15% between 2010-11 and 2014-15.…
