This document discusses different sociological perspectives on the family, including modernist and postmodernist views. It examines how postmodernists argue that families have greater diversity and choice in relationships compared to structuralist views. The document also discusses how postmodernists believe family structures have become more fragmented and chaotic as individuals have more freedom to choose their lifestyles.
GCE Sociology Revision (AQA)- Unit 1 Changing Patterns and Family diversity (5)Haleema Begum
For AQA GCE Sociology Unit 1 Chapter 1 Revision. Print out as a handout, it is a good way to revision: associating the picture with the title allows you to fill in the info by your own associations. Application, Interpretation and Analysis tips are also included. All derived from the AS Sociology Revision Guide. Good luck!
GCE Sociology Revision (AQA)- Unit 1 Couples Families and Households Haleema Begum
For AQA GCE Sociology Unit 1 Chapter 1 Revision. Print out as a handout, it is a good way to revision: associating the picture with the title allows you to fill in the info by your own associations. Application, Interpretation and Analysis tips are also included. All derived from the AS Sociology Revision Guide. Good luck!!!
For AQA GCE Sociology Unit 2 Class differences in achievement (1)Haleema Begum
For AQA GCE Sociology Unit 2 Revision. Print out as a handout, it is a good way to revise. Application, Interpretation and Analysis tips are also included. All derived from the AS Sociology Revision Guide. Good luck!!!
GCE Sociology Revision (AQA)- Unit 2 Education- Functionalist and the New Rig...Haleema Begum
For AQA GCE Sociology Unit 2: Education, Revision. Print out as a handout, it is a good way to revise. Application, Interpretation and Analysis tips are also included. All derived from the AS Sociology Revision Guide. Good luck!!!
GCE Sociology Revision (AQA)- Unit 1 Changing Patterns and Family diversity (5)Haleema Begum
For AQA GCE Sociology Unit 1 Chapter 1 Revision. Print out as a handout, it is a good way to revision: associating the picture with the title allows you to fill in the info by your own associations. Application, Interpretation and Analysis tips are also included. All derived from the AS Sociology Revision Guide. Good luck!
GCE Sociology Revision (AQA)- Unit 1 Couples Families and Households Haleema Begum
For AQA GCE Sociology Unit 1 Chapter 1 Revision. Print out as a handout, it is a good way to revision: associating the picture with the title allows you to fill in the info by your own associations. Application, Interpretation and Analysis tips are also included. All derived from the AS Sociology Revision Guide. Good luck!!!
For AQA GCE Sociology Unit 2 Class differences in achievement (1)Haleema Begum
For AQA GCE Sociology Unit 2 Revision. Print out as a handout, it is a good way to revise. Application, Interpretation and Analysis tips are also included. All derived from the AS Sociology Revision Guide. Good luck!!!
GCE Sociology Revision (AQA)- Unit 2 Education- Functionalist and the New Rig...Haleema Begum
For AQA GCE Sociology Unit 2: Education, Revision. Print out as a handout, it is a good way to revise. Application, Interpretation and Analysis tips are also included. All derived from the AS Sociology Revision Guide. Good luck!!!
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For AQA GCE Sociology Unit 2: Education, Revision. Print out as a handout, it is a good way to revise. Application, Interpretation and Analysis tips are also included. All derived from the AS Sociology Revision Guide. Good luck!!!
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For AQA GCE Sociology Unit 1 Chapter 1 , Theories of the family Revision. Print out as a handout, it is a good way to revise. Application, Interpretation and Analysis tips are also included. All derived from the AS Sociology Revision Guide. Good luck!!!
Educational underachievement external & internal factorsShannon Martin
Educational underachievement external & internal factors (some)
Unit 1
AS level sociology
AQA
includes : gender, ethnic minorities and social class.
research inc: Sewell & Rosenthal & Jacobsen e.t.c
This is developed from a resource by Liz Voges (TES website) and looks at how social class impacts on educational acheivement it covers a number of key ideas and underlying theories of learning and social class.
my short report in sociology about social stratification.. :D x x x
My slides includes:
Meaning of stratification
Basic concepts of inequality
Social stratification system
Dimensions of social stratification
Methods of determining class divisions
The theories of social stratification
Four ways in which wealth can be distributed
Three types of social stratification
Classes in some countries
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For AQA GCE Sociology Unit 2: Education, Revision. Print out as a handout, it is a good way to revise. Application, Interpretation and Analysis tips are also included. All derived from the AS Sociology Revision Guide. Good luck!!!
GCE Sociology Revision (AQA)- Unit 1 Theories of the family (3)Haleema Begum
For AQA GCE Sociology Unit 1 Chapter 1 , Theories of the family Revision. Print out as a handout, it is a good way to revise. Application, Interpretation and Analysis tips are also included. All derived from the AS Sociology Revision Guide. Good luck!!!
Educational underachievement external & internal factorsShannon Martin
Educational underachievement external & internal factors (some)
Unit 1
AS level sociology
AQA
includes : gender, ethnic minorities and social class.
research inc: Sewell & Rosenthal & Jacobsen e.t.c
This is developed from a resource by Liz Voges (TES website) and looks at how social class impacts on educational acheivement it covers a number of key ideas and underlying theories of learning and social class.
my short report in sociology about social stratification.. :D x x x
My slides includes:
Meaning of stratification
Basic concepts of inequality
Social stratification system
Dimensions of social stratification
Methods of determining class divisions
The theories of social stratification
Four ways in which wealth can be distributed
Three types of social stratification
Classes in some countries
Challenges Ahead and Activism
Week 10
Collective Behavior
What is it?
Non-institutionalized activity in which several people voluntarily engage.
Examples?
Theoretical Perspectives
Emergent-Norm Perspective
People perceive and respond to circumstances based on their own set of norms but when a situation arises that is unfamiliar, people act in groups to develop new norms
What does this sound like? (which classical theory?)
Value-Added Theory
A set of conditions must be in pace for collective behavior to occur – structural conduciveness, structural strain, generalized belief, precipitating factors, mobilization, and social control
Which classical theory does this sound like?
Assembling Perspective
Focus on collective action based on shared interest
Individuals are rational beings
Social Movements
What are they?
Purposeful, organized groups working toward a common social goal
Local, state, national, and global levels
Examples?
Stages of social movements
Preliminary stage, coalescence, institutionalization, decline
Theoretical Perspectives
Resource mobilization: Ability to acquire resources and mobilize individuals
Framing/Frame Analysis: Diagnostic, prognostic, and motivational framing
Frame alignment process
New Social Movement Theory: Understands social movements as they relate to politics, identity, culture, and social change
Examples: Ecofeminism, transgender rights movement, black lives matter movement
Social Change
How does it happen?
Changes in technology, social institutions, population, and the environment
How might these things cause change, spur collective action, or open the door for new social movements?
Activism
Vigorous direct action used to catalyze changes in social policies, institutions, and structures.
Protests, petitions, strikes, lobbying, public displays, political artwork, community education
What are some unique challenges to activism that have come up during the pandemic?
Discussion
Have any topics or social problems discussed this quarter prompted you to become involved in activism, if you weren’t involved already?
If yes, what have you become involved in and why?
What challenges do you foresee for the future of solving social problems?
Can we overcome those challenges? What would it take to overcome them?
Family & Marriage
Week 6
Key Take Aways
Opinions on family and marriage as well as trends in marriage and divorce have changed drastically over the years
Nuclear families are not the only type of family
Marriage can create advantages for couples and their children, but it can also be a source of inequality both within and between families
Research and discussions on marriage and family in the US tend to leave out lots of things (which we’ll discuss)
Overview
Textbook Definition
Family: “a group of two or more people who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or a mutual commitment and who care for one another”
Families throughout history & the status of the nuclear family ...
2. Know a range of different Sociological views
of the family.
Understand the differences between
modernist and post modernist views of the
family
Be able to analyse and evaluate sociological
explanations of family diversity
3. What does this mean to you?
Makea list of all the different family types
you can think of
4. Post modernists take a different view than
structuralists such as Marxists or
Functionalists
They argue that these theories ignore 2 facts
1. We make choices about our relationships
and family life
2. We now have much greater choice about
our personal relationships and thus family
diversity has increased, we can no longer
talk about a ‘dominant’ or ‘best’ family
type (nuclear)
5. This Postmodernist argues the family has
gone through a radical change
1. We no longer live in a ‘modern’ world with
predictable and orderly structures such as
the nuclear family.
2. We live in a postmodern world which is
chaotic, family structures are fragmented
and people have much more choice in their
lifestyles
6. Arguesthat in recent decades the family and
marriage have been transformed by greater
choice and equality between men and
women
Giddens
also notes that with increased
freedom and choice personal relationships
become less stable
8. These families do not conform to the
traditional family norm, they vary according
to the wishes and expectations of their
members. There is more equality.
9. What do you already know about The New
Right’s view of the family?
1 minute to record ideas with your partner.
10. The
conventional
patriarchal
nuclear
family is
‘best’
Lone parent Firmly
families are opposed
unnatural
and harmful to family
to children diversity
The
New
Right
It is ‘natural’
Family for women to
diversity has take an
‘expressive
resulted in role’ and men
social to take an
problems ‘instrumental
role’
The family
is the
cornerstone
of society
11.
12. BBC News - England rioters 'poor and young‘
BBC News - England riots: The feast of fools?
Could issues such as this be down to the
decline of traditional family values?
Or are the youth just protesting at lack of
opportunity?
What’s your view?
13. Chester (1985) recognises that there has
been some increased family diversity in
recent years, however unlike The New Right
he does not regard this as significant or
negative.
The conventional family is the nuclear one
The Neo conventional family is the dual
earner family, he argues that most people do
not choose to be in a lone parent family and
that the nuclear family is still the one people
aspire to.
14. Increases risks to children, for example
greater poverty, educational failure and
health problems
‘Broken Britain’
Encourages dependency culture – benefits
No male role model results in higher rates of
delinquency
15. Organisational – differences in the way roles are
organised
Cultural – Different religions, cultures and ethnic
groups have different family structures
Social class – differences as a result of income
and differences affecting things like child rearing
practices
Life stage – Structures according to stage
reached in life cycle
Generational – older and younger generations
have different attitudes and experiences in
periods in which they have lived
16. Why is the nuclear family the ideal family?
How is this family promoted?
How can we criticise The New Right?
17. 2 teams
Question:
Has greater family diversity resulted in more
social problems in society?
Prepare your arguments and prepare to
debate!!
18. Same sex
One person households
Reconstituted
Extended
19. Low social class = lower income
How might low income affect the family, it’s
structure and practices?
20. There is diversity within ethnic groups so we
should be careful when talking about typical
‘ethnic families’
Remember there are variations between
ethnic groups, i.e. Muslim, Hindu and Sikhs
21. Does it still exist today?
Charles (2005) study of Swansea found the classic 3
generation family all living under one roof is now all but
extinct. Only exceptions were found amongst the city’s
Bangladeshi community
However Peter Wilmott (1988) argues it continues to exist
as a ‘dispersed extended family’
Chamberlain (1999) found that despite being
geographically dispersed (not living near) Caribbean
families continued to provide support
Bell (1968) Found that both working and middle class
relied on support from relatives
Finch and Mason (1993) Found that more was expected of
females, however we all feel obligation towards kin. 90%
had received financial help whilst 50% had cared for a sick
relative. Balance is also important! You have to put in to
get out!!