Cambridge · A Level · Syllabus 9699
Sociology
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Form 5 · Lower 6 4 topics
- Socialisation, identity and sociological theory Culture, norms, values, roles, status, socialisation (primary and secondary), social control, identity (gender, ethnicity, class, age, nationality); structure and agency.
- Research methods Positivism and interpretivism; realism; theoretical, practical and ethical influences on choice of method; values in research.
- Social inequality: class, gender and ethnicity Theories of class (Marx, Weber, functionalism – Davis and Moore, Tumin's critique); changes in class structure (embourgeoisement, proletarianisation, the underclass); social mobility.
- Family Nuclear, extended, lone-parent, reconstituted, same-sex, cohabiting, transnational and child-headed families; household change; Rapoport's types of diversity.
Form 6 · Upper 6 2 topicsExam year
- Education Functionalist (Durkheim, Parsons, Davis and Moore – meritocracy, role allocation), Marxist (Bowles and Gintis – correspondence principle; Willis – the lads), interactionist (labelling, self-fulfilling prophecy) and feminist views; education and the economy (human capital theory, credentialism).
- Religion, crime, media and globalisation Functionalist, Marxist, Weberian and feminist views; religion and social change; secularisation debate; new religious movements; fundamentalism; religion in developing societies.