CIE A-Level Sociology Wiki

For those unfamiliar with this Specification, Cambridge International A-level Sociology is largely aimed at – and followed by – students outside the UK (although around

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Global Culture Teaching Notes

Nature and Extent Although the idea of global influences on local and national cultural behaviours is not particularly new (different cultural practices and products have

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Globalisation: Part 1 – Definition

As Sklair (1999) suggests, globalisation provides a context for understanding the relationship between societies in the contemporary world because it represents a process that both

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An Alternative to the Conventional Nuclear Family

Finding good, contemporary, examples of alternatives to the “conventional nuclear family”  is never that easy so I thought I’d pass-on this example from Sociology teacher Richard Driscoll.

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New Media: 2. Issues

The various features of new media raise a new set of issues for both producers and consumers. In terms of the former, for example, the

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