A Summary of Zygmunt Bauman’s ‘The Individualised Society’, Part Two – The Way We Think
Part Two – The Way We Think Chapter Seven – Critique – Privatised and Disarmed More than anything else so […]
Book summaries
Sociology
Social class, wealth and income inequalities
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.
Sociology key terms
What is society, and should sociologists study it?
Society refers to the structured relations between people, typically manifested in social institutions.
research methods
Good Resources for Teaching and Learning Research Methods
Being able to choose appropriate research methods and executing those methods effectively are absolutely essential if we are to collect
Crime and Deviance
Sociological Perspectives on the London Riots
What were the main causes of the 2011 London riots? What sociological perspectives does the evidence support?
research methods, Statistics
Evaluating the Usefulness of Official Statistics
Official Statistics are numerical data collected by governments and their agencies. This post examines a ranges of official statistics collected by the
Crime and Deviance, Exams and revision advice
How I would’ve answered A level sociology paper 3: crime and deviance with theory and methods, June 2017
Crime and deviance with theory and methods is the third and final exam paper (7192/3) in the AQA A level
How I would’ve answered the families and households section of A level sociology paper 2 (AQA, 2017)
Hints and tips on how I would’ve answered the A level sociology exam paper 2, 2017 (families and households section) 2017
experiments, research methods
Experiments in Sociology – Revision Notes
Definitions, key features and the theoretical, practical and ethical strengths and limitations of laboratory and field experiments applied to sociology
experiments, research methods
Milgram’s Obedience Experiment – Strengths and Limitations
A laboratory experiment designed to test how obedient people are to authority.