AQA GCSE Sociology Paper 2

• Functionalist Theory of Stratification

3.6.2 Socio-economic class

• Socio-economic Class Divisions

3.6.3 Life chances

• Factors Affecting Life Chances

• Poverty as a Social Issue 2 notes
  • Interpretations and Sociological Perspectives on Poverty
  • Government Responses to Poverty and Globalisation

3.6.5 Power and authority

• Forms of Power and Authority

• Power Relationships

Methods and issues

• Research Design
• Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
• Different Types of Data
• Primary and Secondary Sources
• Interpretation of Data
• Practical Issues in Research
• Ethical Issues in Research

6.1 Families

• Families key terms 3 notes
  • Family forms, diversity and relationships
  • Family roles and sociological perspectives
  • Research terminology for studying families

6.2 Education

• Education key terms

6.3 Crime and deviance

• Crime and deviance key terms

6.4 Social stratification

• Social stratification key terms 4 notes
  • Stratification, Mobility and Inequality Key Terms
  • Poverty and Welfare Key Terms
  • Stratification Perspectives Key Terms

7.1 Families

• Familiar Exploitation by Delphy and Leonard
• Conventional Families by Oakley
• Social Structure of the Family by Parsons
• British Families in Transition by Rapoport and Rapoport
• The Symmetrical Family by Willmott and Young
• Capitalism, Family and Personal Life by Zaretsky

7.2 Education

• Beachside Comprehensive by Ball
• Market Forces and Parental Choice by Ball, Bowe and Gerwitz
• Schooling in Capitalist America by Bowles and Gintis
• Moral Education by Durkheim

7.3 Crime and deviance

• Outsiders by Becker
• Women, Crime and Poverty by Carlen
• Delinquent Boys by Cohen
• Women and Crime by Heidensohn

7.4 Social stratification

• Principles of Stratification by Davis and Moore
• Affluent Workers Revisited by Devine
• Selected Writings by Karl Marx
• Losing Ground by Murray