A great podcast from ABC Conversations about China’s one-child policy.

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Taking a satirical look at a recent Chinese policy, Stephen Colbert explores the introduction of 'social credit scores'.

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17th May 2018

Was Marx right?

This is the question that this video from The Economist sets out to answer (albeit in a little over three minutes).

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The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has released findings from a recent survey that shows some employees are leaving their jobs in the capital due to a lack of affordable housing.

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3rd May 2018

Expensive Cities

The following video from The Economist discusses what it is like to live in one of the most expensive cities in the world: Hong Kong.

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24th April 2018

Mean Girls

The 2004 movie ‘Mean Girls’ has been given the Broadway treatment and has become a new musical.

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20th April 2018

Pushy Parents

Within the Families and Households unit, there is a section on the specification about childhood. This section focuses on how childhood has changed in terms of their status in the family and in...

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An opinion piece by Larry Elliott in The Guardian about the changes in politics in recent decades.

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13th April 2018

The Nation State

A long read from The Guardian that discusses the nation state and globalisation.

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11th April 2018

Poverty in the UK

The following video takes a look at a charity working with people living in poverty in Northwest England.

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Taking a satirical look at serious issues in society and politics, here the ‘journalist’ Jonathan Pie interviews a feminist about her views on the gender pay gap.

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6th April 2018

Superpower Nations

The following video looks at superpower nations.

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5th April 2018

Tipping in the USA

The following video highlights tipping within the food service industry in the USA.

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Another excellent video from Crash Course that explores the topic of gender stratification.

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28th March 2018

The Atlantic: Family

The US publication ‘The Atlantic’ has recently launched a new section dedicated to the ‘family’.

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I am a big fan of podcasts and I am happy to ‘promote’ those which help provide some additional context to key sociological topics.

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23rd March 2018

Female Suicide Rates

The following article explores the issue of suicide rates amongst women in Guyana, a country in northern mainland of South America.

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22nd March 2018

Rio's Favelas

In 2016, Rio de Janeiro hosted the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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In a recent article I posted on the Sociology Blog, I wrote about the issue of gun violence in America following the shooting at a high school in Florida.

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20th March 2018

Phone Addiction

It has been argued that technology, and particularly mobile phone technology is meant to be addictive.

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