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Sociology study guides
18 published, listed by title. Topic explanations written to be read once and understood.
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AQA A-Level Sociology: Crime and Deviance (7192)
The content areas of AQA A-Level Sociology (7192) Paper 3's Crime and Deviance sub-topic – social order and control, the social distribution of crime, globalisation, media, green and state crime, and criminal justice – against the course's two core themes.
Sociology · AQA · A LEVELS
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AQA A-Level Sociology: Methods in Context (7192)
How AQA A-Level Sociology's distinctive 20-mark methods-in-context question works – applying sociological research methods to the study of education – for Paper 1 of AQA A-Level Sociology (7192).
Sociology · AQA · A LEVELS
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AQA A-Level Sociology: The Role of Education and Differential Achievement (7192)
Sociological explanations of the role and functions of education, and differential educational achievement by class, gender and ethnicity – two of the four content strands of 3.1.1 Education, AQA A-Level Sociology (7192).
Sociology · AQA · A LEVELS
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AQA GCSE Sociology: Crime, Deviance and Social Stratification (8192)
Crime, deviance, social control, and the theories of social stratification – the full content of Paper 2 for AQA GCSE Sociology (8192), covering sections 3.5 and 3.6 of the specification.
Sociology · AQA · GCSE
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AQA GCSE Sociology: Families and Education (8192)
A guide to Paper 1 of AQA GCSE Sociology (8192): the sociological approach, social structures and processes, families (functions, forms, conjugal roles, criticisms of families with Zaretsky and Delphy and Leonard, divorce) and education, with research methods pointed to its own guide.
Sociology · AQA · GCSE
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AQA GCSE Sociology: Sociological Research Methods, Section 3.7 (8192)
Research design, data types, and practical and ethical issues in sociological investigation – Section 3.7, examined across both papers, distinct from the site's existing content-focused guides to Families, Education, Crime and Social Stratification.
Sociology · AQA · GCSE
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Cambridge A-Level Sociology: Globalisation, Media and Religion (9699)
Globalisation, media, and religion – the full content of Paper 4 for Cambridge International A Level Sociology (9699), an A Level-only paper.
Sociology · Cambridge · A LEVEL
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Cambridge A-Level Sociology: Socialisation, Identity and Methods of Research (9699)
Socialisation and the creation of social identity, and methods of sociological research – the full content of Paper 1 for Cambridge International AS & A Level Sociology (9699).
Sociology · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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Cambridge A-Level Sociology: The Family (9699)
Functionalist, Marxist and feminist perspectives on the family, family diversity and social change, and gender and age within family life – the full content of Paper 2 for Cambridge AS & A Level Sociology (9699).
Sociology · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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Cambridge IGCSE Sociology: Family, Education and Crime (0495)
Family structures and functions, the roles of education, and crime, deviance and social control – the full content of Paper 2 for Cambridge IGCSE Sociology 0495, 2025-2027 series.
Sociology · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Cambridge O Level Sociology: Social Stratification and Inequality, Topic 3 (2251)
Class, gender, ethnicity and life chances – Topic 3, Social Stratification and Inequality, given a full deep dive beyond the connective overview treatment in the site's existing whole-Paper-1 study guide.
Sociology · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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IGCSE Sociology: Research Methods, Identity and Inequality (Cambridge 0495)
Research methods, identity (self and society), and social stratification and inequality – the full content of Paper 1 for Cambridge IGCSE Sociology 0495, 2025-2027 series.
Sociology · Cambridge · IGCSE
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O Level Sociology: Family, Education and Crime (Cambridge 2251)
A guide to Paper 2 of Cambridge O Level Sociology 2251, 2025-2027 series: the sub-topics of Family, Education, and Crime, deviance and social control, the functionalist, Marxist and feminist views the syllabus names, and how to revise and answer on the two topics candidates choose.
Sociology · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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O Level Sociology: Research Methods, Identity and Inequality (Cambridge 2251)
Research methods, identity (self and society), and social stratification and inequality – the full content of Paper 1 for Cambridge O Level Sociology 2251, 2025-2027 series. Identical paper structure and content to Cambridge IGCSE Sociology 0495 (the two qualifications differ in grade range and availability).
Sociology · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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OxfordAQA IGCSE Sociology: Socialisation (9292)
Primary and secondary socialisation, agencies of socialisation, and the functionalist, Marxist, feminist and social action perspectives on it – 3.2.2.2 within Socialisation and Social Control, OxfordAQA International GCSE Sociology (9292).
Sociology · OxfordAQA · IGCSE
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OxfordAQA International A-Level Sociology: Exploring Sociology (9690)
Socialisation and social control (3.1.2), and research methods and theory (3.1.3) – the content of Unit 2 for OxfordAQA International A-Level Sociology (9690), the second and final unit of the International AS.
Sociology · OxfordAQA · AS LEVEL
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OxfordAQA International A-Level Sociology: Introducing Sociology (9690)
Families (3.1.1), and research methods and theory (3.1.3) – the content of Unit 1 for OxfordAQA International A-Level Sociology (9690).
Sociology · OxfordAQA · AS LEVEL
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OxfordAQA International GCSE Sociology: Introducing Sociology (9292)
A guide to Paper 1 Introducing Sociology for OxfordAQA International GCSE Sociology (9292): families (3.1.1), education including global education (3.1.2) and research methods (3.1.3), with the named sociologists for each.
Sociology · OxfordAQA · IGCSE