Don’t Fall in Love with a Foreigner, at least if you’re poor.
It’s official – the poorest 40% of UK citizens aren’t allowed to bring their foreign born spouses to the UK… […]
Families and Households
Sociology
Childhood, Families and Households
More Evidence for Toxic Childhood
Ten times more children are being drugged to combat sleep disorders* compared to ten years ago, according to recent analysis
Global Development, Transnational corporations
What are Transnational Corporations?
We’ve probably all heard of companies such as Walmart, Amazon, Apple, and Shell, and these are all examples of Transnational
Book summaries, Social Theories
Giddens’ Structuration Theory – A Summary
structure emerges out of and enables action, the two are fundamentally linked!
Race and Ethnicity, Sociology in the News
Sociology in the News
This seems to be a clear-cut (and very unfortunate) example of overt discrimination on the basis of religion: On 16th February,
Sociology key terms
What is Happiness?
Happy – lucky, fortunate; contented with one’s lot, glad or pleased[i] Synonyms [of happy]: Pleasure, joy, exhilaration, bliss, contentedness, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction.[ii]
education, Education Policy
The Prevent Agenda – Arguments For and Against
The Prevent Agenda is a recent social policy which requires schools (among other public bodies) to assist the government in
Culture and Identity, Digital nomads, Media
Mobile Phones and Digital Nomadism
Mobile phones seem to be having a profound impact on the way we interact with each other and on how
Feminism
Feminist Theory: A Summary for A-Level Sociology
This post summarises the differences between Liberal, Marxist, Radical and Difference (Postmodern) Feminists. It covers what they believe the causes of gender inequalities to be and what should be done to tackle these inequalities and male power in society.
Postmodernism and Late Modernsim, Social Theories
Modernism and Postmodernism – What’s the Difference?
Modernism and Postmodernism – What’s the difference? The table below is taken from David Harvey’s Condition of Postmodernity (in turn