Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Beliefs in society
Topic 1: Theories of religion
Topic 2: Religion and social change
Topic 3: Secularisation
Topic 4: Religion, renewal and choice
Topic 5: Religion in a global context
Topic 6: Organisations, movements and members
Topic 7: Ideology and science
Examining beliefs in society

Chapter 2: Crime and deviance
Topic 1: Functionalism, strain and subcultural theories
Topic 2: Interactionism and labelling theory
Topic 3: Class, power and crime
Topic 4: Realist theories of crime
Topic 5: Gender, crime and justice
Topic 6: Ethnicity, crime and justice
Topic 7: Crime and the media
Topic 8: Globalisation, green crime, human rights and state crime
Topic 9: Control, punishment and victims
Examining crime and deviance

Chapter 3: Theory and methods
Topic 1: Quantitative research methods
Topic 2: Qualitative research methods
Topic 3: Sociology and science
Topic 4: Objectivity and values in sociology
Topic 5: Functionalism
Topic 6: Marxism
Topic 7: Feminist theories
Topic 8: Action theories
Topic 9: Globalisation, modernity and postmodernity
Topic 10: Sociology and social policy
Examining theory and methods

Chapter 4: Preparing for the exams
Preparing for the A level exams
Practice papers
The examiner's advice

Key concepts

Bibliography

Index

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