Today’s dose of “Sociology Stuff” is a complete Global Development chapter (or “World Sociology” as it was when these notes were written) originally created by Mark Peace and cobbled together from pages in my possession and those shared by Bridget Gray. Because of the somewhat arbitrary recreation of the chapter some of the initial pages / numbers aren’t strictly sequential but they should still make sense…
While it’s not the most popular of a-level options there are areas in the chapter – such as global inequalities and the nature of social changes – that those teaching and learning other areas of the Specification might find helpful.
Having said that, these notes are around 10 years old and the pace of global change has increased markedly over this time period, so you probably need to approach the statistical content with care – the more-theoretical areas, such as theories of development, are probably more-robust in terms of their long-term relevance.