(AQA) A2 Sociology *SCLY3 + SCLY4* | 2016 Official Thread

i would have thought this is a social change vs conservative force question no???

promotes social stability- conservative force

doesn't promote it- force for change

ignore me: just asked someone and they said predominantly theory and then possibly chuck in social change

so para 1: functionalists do
point 2: marxists dont
point 3: feminists dont
point 4: sometimes causes social change rather than stability e.g. civil rights movement

i do not get globalisation at all! what do i write? what could an essay ask? what do i include and what structure is it?

if fundamentalism is a question does that mean its all about globalisation?

Does anyone have an essay plan for religion and social change? I'm struggling

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Anyone?! Help me! Does 'spiritual shopping' mean like the pick and mix culture, greater diversity in religion and development of NAMs and NRMs?!?

Why does everyone want fundamentalism to come up on its own lol it's like half a page in the revision guide
Like I get that you have to link it to other aspects of the unit but it'd be awful as a stand alone 33 marker

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Why does everyone want fundamentalism to come up on its own lol it's like half a page in the revision guide
Like I get that you have to link it to other aspects of the unit but it'd be awful as a stand alone 33 marker

Yep! People cherry pick what they like the look of, and a lot of imported religions have been watered down for the self-centred Western consumer (e.g. Western Buddhism, which emphasises mindfulness and self-discovery far more than good discipline etc.)

I'd probably briefly introduce the answer with a bit about the role of fundamentalism in today's society and say there were two ways of looking at it: the late modernist view and the postmodernist view.

I'd probably then go on to talk about Giddens, Castells and Huntington and use sociologists like Jackson and Casanova to evaluate. I would DEFINITELY make a distinction between Western and non-Western fundamentalism and their different causes. I would then mention how Western fundamentalist movements are usually unsuccessful, like the New Christian Right's Moral Majority (their demands are, as Bruce points out, impossible demands to make in a mature democracy). However, non-Western fundamentalist movements may be more successful because they often have a cause to rally round, e.g. military action in the Middle East (you could link this to Iran and the role religion played there).

I might also mention how fundamentalists use the media to recruit new members and perhaps link this in with the tele-marketing techniques used by religious groups to attract new followers.

I'd also make reference to secularisation. Religious fundamentalism may not be on the rise because religion in general is declining, but may also be on the rise because it's a reaction to secularisation and social changes.

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For globalisation you can include Nanda's Hindu nationalism and prosperity in India, fundamentalism, cultural defence (including Poland and Iran) and perhaps Huntington's clash of civilisations.

If fundamentalism is a question they will probably expect you to link it in with late modernity and postmodernity and how it's a reaction to this form of society, so not just globalisation.

I'm hoping the globalisation question will be focused around fundamentalism, but I have a horrible feeling that because it's come up in the past, they will make the globalisation question really vague and broad

is it ok to abbreviate stuff when were writing, like instead of New Age and New Religious Movements can you just put NAM's and NRM's or is that really tacky

is it ok to abbreviate stuff when were writing, like instead of New Age and New Religious Movements can you just put NAM's and NRM's or is that really tacky