Essay Title: “Social Stratification and Class Structure in post-reform China” Class Module Code: CH3004 Student Name: Ross Fehily Student Number: 107621124 Submission Date: 8 December Word Count: This essay will focus in on and look at contemporary China’s social stratification and social class make up and structure during the post reform era‚ (post 1978) and what affects it has on today’s social make up. It will outline the different class’s that make up contemporary China’s
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family to the social structure and social change Functionalist views: the importance of the nuclear family‚ the universality of the family‚ changing functions‚ how the nuclear family ‘fits’ modern society. Marxist views: the family as part of the ideological state apparatus‚ as an agent of social control. Feminist views: patriarchy; liberal‚ radical and Marxist feminism. Consensus/Positive views of the family Conflict/critical views of the family Functionalist theories: the
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Seven perspectives of psychology In the text about the seven perspectives‚ it talks about the many different branches in the field of psychology. The text mentions biological psychology‚ evolutionary psychology‚ cognitive psychology‚ social psychology‚ developmental psychology‚ clinical psychology‚ and individual differences. Biological psychology is using the principle of biology to study not just the functions of the brain but also things like behavior‚ memory‚ etc. for both humans and animals
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Functionalists agree with many of the positive aspects of the family such as provision of care and teachings of norms and values. The three main functionalist sociologists in this topic are Murdock‚ Parsons and Fletcher‚ who all have a different view towards family but main argument is the functions it provides for society. Murdock believes that the family have to provide 4 main functions: primary socialisation‚ financial support‚ the meeting of sexual and emotional needs and reproduction. These
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Why has the functionalist perspective been so severely criticised? Structural functionalism developed out of the European philosophical traditions of the C19th. It was in some respects‚ a response to the massive social upheavals of industrialisation and political unrest of the times as it offered a way of accounting for social unrest by looking at the power of society over the thoughts and actions of men. The nature of humanity was seen as selfish but rational. Man needed the power of society to
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Social Interactionist Perspective &; Crime As crime continues to occur‚ criminologists begin to define new theories to explain our seemingly naturalistic tendencies on what mental processes take place for an individual to actually partake in criminal activity. The symbolic interactionist perspective defines itself by its strong beliefs in the fact that criminals are defined by their social processes. The social process theory states that criminality is a function of people’s interactions with
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many social structures‚ most of which are sinful. However‚ there are a handful of graceful social structures in China as well. One extremely prevalent sinful structure in China is that China mistreats and abuses its poor for financial gain. However‚ China has been taking small steps to allay its pollution problem; a graceful social structure present in China is the fact that the government realizes the problem and is taking steps to help. Human dignity is being violated by the sinful social structures
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heard the phrase‚ “There are children starving in Africa.” This saying is used to give the greedy or wasteful recipient some perspective. Perspective is the true understanding of the relative importance of things; a sense of proportion‚ according to Google. Perspective is a very underrated skill (MST). Being able to use perspective can help in a variety of situations‚ from social conflict‚ to self-pity‚ to world wars is a very useful skill. Not only is it humbling‚ it can also be used as a tool for
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Social divisions are shown throughout the world’s population‚ particularly in regards to gender. Although‚ many differences between men and women are biological‚ the divisions caused by social construction surpasses them greatly. This is due to many factors such as differences in the workplace‚ different approaches to seeking healthcare and social expectations for both men and women ingrained in early childhood and adolescence. However‚ one must also consider biological factors which are innate
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outside the family. It seems to me that I would be more of a functionalist rather than a conflict theorist. In modern societies the boundaries between the functionalist theory and the conflict theory are less clearly defined than in the times of Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim. However the main class groups such as landowners and the working class can still be identified in most societies. It seems to me that I would be more of a functionalist rather than a conflict theorist. As our textbook says‚ "Functional
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