Asses the view that the education system serves to maintain a capitalist society. The education system can be seen to support the capitalist system. Education trains us for the workplace and it teaches us skills that make us employable which is part of the capitalist system. Also it teaches us to be punctual and to obey rules so we are compliant in the workforce. It teaches us to accept our status and authority figures in life and stick to the role we are in. The capitalist system shows that there
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Are prisons effective total institutions or do they more commonly fail in their goal of resocialization? Please compare and contrast how a conflict, a functionalist or an interactionist theorist would answer this question. Finally offer your opinion The present paper aims to discuss the role of prisons in the resocialization of the people kept in the incarcerated after their turned out to be guilty of committing some offence and the announcement of sentence against them from the court of law.
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which Marxists explain crime” (21 marks) Crime, depending on an individual’s interpretation of it, can be described in many ways. Functionalists and Marxists both have different opinions, but traditional Marxists and neo Marxists also have some different explanations. Traditional Marxists believe the structure of a capitalist society explains crime. Their view of crime has three main elements, these are criminogenic capitalism, the state and law making and ideological functions of crime and
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and keep society stable. This is the view held by earlier theories that stressed the role of institutions in shaping human behaviour and maintaining the stability of society, such as Functionalism and Marxism. Religion is also seen as conservative because it is traditional; defending traditional customs and moral views, for example. Functionalists view religion as a conservative force, preventing social change. Durkheim believed that religion performs an important function for society, binding people
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Outline and assess the Marxist approach to crime and deviance (50) Crime is defined as an act that is punishable by law. It is socially constructed, meaning society decides what is considered to be a crime. Deviance is a violation of society’s norms. Individuals decide what is and isn’t deviant based on their own norms and values, therefore, deviance can also be viewed as a social construct. What is considered to be a crime or act of deviance may differ from different cultures since crime and
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chapter is about understanding sociology and how it works in the society. It is shown in the book by going through three main ideas: sociology, major sociology perspectives, and sociological imagination. Sociology is, as defined in the chapter, the scientific study of social behavior and human groups.” It’s similar to the way I’m thinking about sociology, which is the study about behavior of individual or groups in society and how society influences one’s behavior. I think the theory of sociological
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Family diversity refers to any family type that is not nuclear, such as single parent families and gay couples. Family diversity is becoming more common and accepted in society due to changing family patterns. There are mixed views amongst different sociologists on whether family diversity is beneficial or harmful to society and Item A makes it clear that different sociologists ‘are divided over both the extent of family diversity and its importance’. It is associated with the
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that art performs in society. We must first decide what truly a work of art is. In my opinion, a work of art should be an artifact and the purpose of it should be to communicate and express thoughts and emotions. The history of art is vast as the earliest cave writings go back to approximately thirty thousand years. In class, we have discussed various functionalist theories of art and the question arose whether or not there is a distinctive function that art performs in society. In my opinion, I
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family, education, mass media, and work. (24 marks) This essay examines the ways in which education and family shape the process of socialisation. Socialisation is the process by which an individual learn or internalise the norms and values of society. There are two types of socialisation: primary and secondary. Primary socialisation occurs largely with family and involves acquiring basic skills and values. Family was chosen to show the formation of primary socialisation. Secondary socialisation
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different movements in Government, such as: New Right, New Labour and Coalition - these can be criticised by different types of sociologists such as Marxists and Feminists, which I will be expressing throughout this essay. The New Right have a Functionalist view on the family. They believe strongly in the advocation of the nuclear family and the other family criteria that they present, such as - as presented by the sociologist George Murdock - A heterosexual couple as part of a nuclear who engage in
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