The Effects of Poverty on Life Chances in the UK
From lower educational attainment to poor mental health, poverty negatively affects life chances in several ways.
Social class, wealth and income inequalities
social class
education
Evaluating the Marxist Perspective on Education
Marxists argue that the education system performs the following functions… You might like to review the Marxist Perspective on Education
Families and Households, Sociology key terms
The Long History of the ‘Underclass’ Thesis
Charles Murray’s Underclass Theory – the idea that there is a ‘hardcore’ of a few hundred thousand families and individuals
Crime and Deviance, Social class, wealth and income inequalities
Social Class and Crime
Prison statistics suggest the lower class commit more crime, which consensus theorists and right realists accept, but Marxists believe the crimes of the elite are hidden and yet more harmful.
Book summaries
The Hidden Privileges of Identity: On Being Middle Class
A summary of Steph Lawler’s ‘Sociological Perspectives on Identity’, chapter 7 During summer 2000 and in January 2001, there were
Social class, wealth and income inequalities, Social Theories
Sociological Analysis of The Olympics
The British media love The Olympics, especially when ‘Team GB’ are so successful, but there’s a lot more to individual
education
Why do White Working Class Kids Lack Aspiration?
This useful Thinking Allowed Podcast summarises two recent pieces of qualitative social research and helps further our understanding of why white
education, research methods
Explaining Social Class Differences in Education Using Longitudinal Studies
Why do working class children do worse than middle class children in education? This post looks at some quantitative, longitudinal
education, research methods, Statistics
Official Statistics on Educational Achievement in the U.K. – Strengths and Limitations
How useful are official statistics for understanding differences in educational achievement by social class, gender and ethnicity? How do GCSE
Essay plans, Exams and revision advice
Social Class and Educational Achievement Essay Plan
Evaluate the extent to which home based, rather than school – based factors account for social class based differences in