Is socialisation still a powerful force

Question 1

Is Socialisation still a powerful force in society today?”

Functionalism

Yes or No.

List as many terms that you can remember.

Answer 1

Yes

Value consensus, Norms, values, socialisation, organism analogy, social solidarity, social order, differences from pre-industrial to modern society.
Family (Family has lost functions (Ed and Health) in modern society), Education (Social solidarity, society in miniature)
Parsons, Durkheim

Question 2

Is Marxism still a powerful force in society today?”

Functionalism

Yes or No.

List as many terms that you can remember.

Answer 2

Yes

Capitalist ideology, Ideological state apparatus, superstructure, false class consciousness, class exploitation, class oppressio
Family (Zaretsky), Education (Althusser, Bowles & Gintis)

Question 3

Is Feminism still a powerful force in society today?”

Functionalism

Yes or No.

List as many terms that you can remember.

Answer 3

Yes

Reinforces patriarchal relationships. Teaches the subordination of women. Inequality is natural. Social control, conformity.
Family, Education, Media
Oakley, Statham, Greer, Francis, McRobbie, Sharpe, Lees

Question 4

Is Interactionism still a powerful force in society today?”

Functionalism

Yes or No.

List as many terms that you can remember.

Answer 4

Yes

Negotiated process. Individual is active. ‘Self’, Looking Glass Self, Impression Management, Dramaturgical model, labelling, resisting a label, symbolic interactionism.
Family, Education, Media, Crime
Becker, Mead, Cooley, Goffman

Question 5

Is Postmodernism still a powerful force in society today?”

Functionalism

Yes or No.

List as many terms that you can remember.

Answer 5

Yes

Individualism, globalisation, pick n mix identity, choice, fragmentation, consumption and leisure, cultural diversity, power of the media now,
Media, Family, Education, Crime
Baudrillard, Strinati, Matza, Lyng, Katz