AQA • Sociology

Notes on all the sub-topics required for A Level Sociology Beliefs in Society and Crime and Deviance. Consice and exactly what you need, nothing extra and noting less. Strict to the specification.

Evaluate the view that the main function of laws and policies on families and households is to reproduce patriarchy. [20 marks]

Evaluate the usefulness of structural approaches to our understanding of families and households. [20 marks]

Applying material from Item D and your own knowledge, evaluate Marxist explanations of the role of families in society today [20 marks] Item D: Marxist sociologists argue that families continue to perform a key role in maintaining capitalism. Families support the economy and play an important part in transmitting ideology that helps to legitimise the capitalist system. However, some sociologists argue that Marxists place too much importance on the role of families in supporting capitalism a...

Evaluate the contribution of feminist views to our understanding of the family. [20 marks]

Evaluate sociological contributions to our understanding of family diversity. [20 marks]

Evaluate the view that demographic changes are leading to more family and household diversity in contemporary UK. [20 marks]

Evaluate the view that changing norms and values have contributed to growing diversity in personal and family life today. [20 marks]

Evaluate the view that the position of the old in today’s society is changing for the better. [20 marks]

Evaluate the factors which have led to the decline in death rates. [20 marks]