Sociology Essays

What is the Concept of Nationalism?
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Feb 2019
Introduction: Nationalism is a concept that is not easily defined. There are numerous definitions and forms of what is nationalism, and many of these definitions even overlap. However, there is no one definition ...

Marshall’s Theory of Citizenship
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Feb 2019
Introduction: Marshall’s theory of citizenship and its relevance in Britain in 2017 Introduction Marshall’s citizenship theory is concerned with social rights, education, and voting. Marshall’s theory ...

Theories on the Gender Pay Gap
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Feb 2019
Introduction: Australian women earn about 83¢ cents for every $1 a man earns, according to a new report analysing the gender pay gap. Linda McDowell suggests that gendered assumptions have a range of influences o...

Social Media from a Functionalist Perspective
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Aug 2018
Introduction: Introduction Late modern society is a network society (Castells, 1997). Devices such as smart phones are portable connect individuals in a complex system of interaction via emails, Facebook, Linkedin,...

Evolution of Race in State Development
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Aug 2018
Introduction: Examine critically the view that the idea of ‘race’ is endemic to the formation of the modern state. The critical examination mandated by the present question requires an introductory note concer...

Youth Subcultures and Clubbing
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Aug 2018
Introduction: What is So Good About Clubbing? Introduction Hyder (1995) has argued that clubbing is one of the major forms of youth consumption and experience in towns and cities across the UK. Clubbing is so popu...

Effects of Watching Soap Operas | Research
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Aug 2018
Introduction: “Shaping Minds: The Soap Opera and the Power of Representation” Abstract In this thesis I aim to identify what the younger British public find engaging about Soap Operas, and to identify ...

Reflection on Teamwork and Gender
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Aug 2018
Introduction: Introduction As the only male in a group of four female working on a presentation, the learning experience gained reflectively looking back was invaluable. How I got on in the working process while e...

Merton’s Theory of Scientific Ethos
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Aug 2018
Introduction: Robert Merton and the institutional imperatives of organised science. Do you think that the normative structure of science is working today? Why? Robert Merton has been hailed as the most important A...

Roy Bhaskar's Theory of Critical Realism
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: How to Change Reality: Story vs. Structure – Debate between Rom Harre and Roy Bhaskar Roy Bhaskar (15 May 1944 – 19 November 2014) was a British philosopher, renowned as the initiator of...

Theoretical Framework in Sociology Research: Bradford Riots
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Jul 2018
Introduction: What kinds of questions do the different theoretical frameworks encourage you to ask about the Bradford ‘riots’? Which of these questions do you find useful and worth pursuing? Why? What are the ...

The Impact of Occupational Segregation on Working Conditions
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Jul 2018
Introduction: Zoe Stux “Critically evaluate the claim that occupational segregation in the British workforce leads to lower pay, lower status and increased insecurity among women employees” Occupational segr...

Development of the Underclass in the 1990s
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Jul 2018
Introduction: Critically evaluate the research evidence in support of the contention that Britain developed an “underclass in the 1990s? What are the main differences between the use of underclass and the co...

Area Based Regeneration Programmes | Evaluation
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Jul 2018
Introduction: “Area based regeneration programmes contribute to managing social exclusion but they do not resolve the problem”. Critically discuss this statement. The following is a critical discussion...

The Devil Makes Work by Clarke and Critcher | Review
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Jul 2018
Introduction: In this essay I shall review The devil makes work by Clarke and Critcher. Using wider information I shall evaluate the books strengths and weaknesses and suggest implications for the sociology of lei...

Impact of Globalisation on Social Identity and Conflict
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Jul 2018
Introduction: The preceding then defines globalization as a blend of commerce and the public interacting as needs and circumstances arise to conduct their affairs....

Link Between Social Class and Health Inequalities
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Jul 2018
Introduction: The Relationship Between Social Class and Health Inequalities Introduction The birth of the NHS in 1948 was greeted with considerable optimism. It was believed that a fully comprehensive welfare stat...

Social Identities and Subcultures
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Jul 2018
Introduction: Social Identity, Subcultures and Style Social identity is often tied to the concept of “subculture,” the members of which generally advertise their allegiance by making distinctive and symbolic c...

Manuel Castells: Theory of Information Age
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Jul 2018
Introduction: Manuel Castells is one of the most widely recognised contributors to contemporary debates about globalisation. Indeed his three volume trilogy The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture publis...

Young People's Time Perspectives: From Youth to Adulthood
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Jul 2018
Introduction: Summarise and critically evaluate the article (Brannen, J & Nilsen, A 2002) “young people’s time perspectives” focusing on; A) Its conceptual and theoretical framework and B) Its m...

Weber's View on Modern Society
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Jul 2018
Introduction: Discuss the Characteristics of Modern Society According to Weber Introduction What is known as classical sociology is found in the work of Comte, Durkheim, Marx and Weber. Weber and the other classic...

Changes in Family Structure in Contemporary Britain
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Jul 2018
Introduction: Describe the changes in the family structure since the nineteenth century with reference to appropriate research and the apparent decline of the extended family. Demonstrate knowledge of the diversit...

Summary of Critical Theory
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Jul 2018
Introduction: The Central Claims of Critical Theory In order to understand the central claims of Critical Theory, it must first be defined. What is Critical Theory? Critical Theory first coined as such in 1937 is ...

Discrimination Against Lesbians in Britain
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Jul 2018
Introduction: Lesbianism and the problems of identification in contemporary Britain In Britain, lesbian women may not have had to campaign to have their sexual activities decriminalised, as homosexual had needed t...

Identity and Postmodernism | Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Jul 2018
Introduction: Critically assess the contention that “…identities are, plural, unstable, situationally enacted, and sites of contestation.” The stability or otherwise of identity has become a majo...