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AQA GCSE Sociology: Summaries of Classic Texts

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This collection of resources provides Sociology students with summaries of the classic texts that are part of the AQA GCSE specification.

Families

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Familiar Exploitation (Delphy & Leonard, 1992)

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AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Conventional Families (Ann Oakley, 1982)

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AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: The Social Structure of the Family (Talcott Parsons, 1959)

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AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: British Families in Transition (Rapoport & Rapoport, 1982)

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AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: The Symmetrical Family (Willmott and Young, 1973)

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AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Capitalism, the Family and Personal Life (Eli Zaretsky, 1973)

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Education

Crime and Deviance

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Outsiders (Howard Becker, 1963)

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AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Women, Crime and Poverty (Pat Carlen, 1988)

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AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Delinquent Boys (Albert Cohen, 1955)

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AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Women and Crime (Frances Heidensohn, 1985)

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AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Social Theory and Social Structure (Robert Merton, 1938)

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Social Stratification

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Some Principles of Stratification (Davis & Moore, 1945)

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AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Affluent Workers Revisited (Fiona Devine, 1992)

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AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Selected Writings (Karl Marx, 1857-1867)

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AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Losing Ground (Charles Murray, 1984)

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AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Poverty in the United Kingdom (Peter Townsend, 1979)

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AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Theorising Patriarchy (Sylvia Walby, 1990)

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AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: The Theory of Economic and Social Organisations (Max Weber, 1947)

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AQA GCSE Sociology: Summaries of Classic Texts

Families

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Familiar Exploitation (Delphy & Leonard, 1992)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Conventional Families (Ann Oakley, 1982)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: The Social Structure of the Family (Talcott Parsons, 1959)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: British Families in Transition (Rapoport & Rapoport, 1982)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: The Symmetrical Family (Willmott and Young, 1973)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Capitalism, the Family and Personal Life (Eli Zaretsky, 1973)

Education

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Beachside Comprehensive (Stephen Ball, 1981)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Market Forces and Parental Choice (Ball, Bowe & Gewirtz, 1994)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Schooling in Capitalist America (Bowles & Gintis, 1976)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Moral Education (Emile Durkheim, 1925)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Origins & Destinations (Halsey, Heath & Ridge, 1980)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: The School Class as a Social System (Talcott Parsons, 1961)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Learning to Labour (Paul Willis, 1977)

Crime and Deviance

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Outsiders (Howard Becker, 1963)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Women, Crime and Poverty (Pat Carlen, 1988)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Delinquent Boys (Albert Cohen, 1955)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Women and Crime (Frances Heidensohn, 1985)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Social Theory and Social Structure (Robert Merton, 1938)

Social Stratification

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Some Principles of Stratification (Davis & Moore, 1945)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Affluent Workers Revisited (Fiona Devine, 1992)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Selected Writings (Karl Marx, 1857-1867)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Losing Ground (Charles Murray, 1984)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Poverty in the United Kingdom (Peter Townsend, 1979)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Theorising Patriarchy (Sylvia Walby, 1990)

AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: The Theory of Economic and Social Organisations (Max Weber, 1947)

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