functionalism‚ structuralism and social interactionism but In this essay I would only be focusing on one perspective and that is structuralism‚ which analyses the way society as a whole fits together. I would also be explaining on how both Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim contributed to structuralism and why they can be regarded as structuralists. WHAT IS STRUCTURALISM AND HOW DID IT COME ABOUT? Structuralism is a sociological approach concerned with studying and explaining how social structure holds society
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explain how sociologists identify class as a primary source of identity‚ secondly explain how sociologists also identify this source of identity as a primary pattern of inequality‚ thirdly it will refer to key sociological studies on institutional inequality and provide statistical data to illustrate how such inequalities are sustained and finally‚ refer to appropriate theoretical perspectives such as‚ Marx and Weber when explaining the causes of this primary patterns of inequality. Sociologists identify
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EXAMINE THE WAYS IN WHICH SOCIOLOGISTS HAVE EXPLAINED THE PROCESS OF SOCIALIZATION. Sociologists explained the process of socialisation in many different ways – they have looked at all factors which could occur in such process. The socialisation starts within the family and relatives where babies are imposed to four processes identified by Oakley as: manipulation‚ canalization‚ verbal appellations and differential activity exposure. Through these‚ parents teach their children things such as eating
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can be considered a religion‚ a definition is imperative. For our purposes‚ I am going to use the extremely elementary definition from Webster’s New Dictionary ‚ "A system of faith and worship." In The Elementary Forms of Religion‚ Emile Durkheim‚ a French Sociologist from the 19th Century‚ examines totemism in an effort to draw universals between all religions. Durkheim sets his focus on Australian totemism‚ because it is the most "primitive culture" with the most resources available. From Durkheim’s
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Outline the sources of secondary data that sociologists use and assess their advantages and disadvantages. (33 marks) A source of secondary data that sociologists use is official statistics‚ official statistics are quantitative data created by the government or other official bodies. A ten-yearly Census of the entire UK population is done on a range of area’s e.g. births‚ marriages and divorces. Government use official statistics in policy-making and there are several types of sources: registration
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Assess the contribution of feminist sociologists to an understanding of family roles and relationships. In this essay I will explore the different schools of feminism such as Marxist‚ liberal and radical feminism‚ who share the view that women are oppressed in a patriarchal society but differ in opinion on who benefits from the inequalities. Each school of feminism has their own understanding of family roles and relationships which I will assess through this essay. Firstly one must look at the
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“Discuss how far sociologists’ would agree that working class students underachieve in the education system is due to labeling processes that happen in school?” I will be discussing whether the students underachieving is due to the labeling process’ in school or if there are other reasons for this‚ and how sociologists may agree with it. Working class students can underachieve from the labeling process. When a student is labeled they tend to start believing in that itself as they have been
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Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere‚ assess the contribution of feminist sociologist to an understanding of family roles and relationships. Before discussing the argument I think it’s important to explain that Even though feminists tend to be critical of the family it’s important to mention that feminism is split into four categories; Liberal Feminism‚ Marxist Feminism‚ Radical Feminism and Difference Feminism. Liberal feminism is the theory that even though sexism still exists it is slowly
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Examine the problems some sociologist find with using postal questionnaires in their research. There are many problems that some sociologist find when using postal questionnaires. Postal questionnaires are sent to homes and business in certain areas‚ postal questionnaire mainly use closed questions as positives use this method due to the fact‚ that they are able to interpret the data in to numerical form such as graphs. Positives use quantitative data because they believed that society is molded
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Sociologists use different types of questionnaires in their research‚ these ranging close ended questions and open ended questions. Close ended gives the respondent a guide upon what there answer should be and directs them to a certain decision it tends to take more control of the answer‚ whereas open ended questions give the respondent more free choice and arguably this seems more ethical. Some Sociologists believe that the data form questionnaires can be limited and superficial. This is due
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