Sociology Postmodernism

Question 1

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Answer 1

P - Lawmakers are not reflective
E - national audit database - “tax avoidance costs £34 billion per year”
E - Postmodernist - Best and Kelleher - not explained fully
Marxist - Marx - Society is individualistic
L - Postmodernism offers better explanation than Marxism

Question 2

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P - Crime is linked to consumerism
E - Blomberg - “29% of news stories referenced benefit fraud”
E - Postmodernist - Badilland - no longer reality
Functionalist - Durkheim - Anomie
L - Postmodernism offers better explanation than Functionalism

Question 3

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P - Crime is a social problem
E - CSEW 2011 - “ poorer households are more likely to be burgled”
E - Postmodernist - Harvey - evidence of social problems
Functionalist - Durkheim - Shared Values, organic analogy
L - Postmodernism offers better explanation than Functionalism

Question 4

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P - People are contolled in society
E - MOJ 2017 - “74% of prosecutions were male , 26% were female”
E - Postmodernist - Henry and Milonovic - harms of repression and reduction
Feminist - Walklate - Rape Trails
L - Postmodernism offers better explanation than Feminism

Question 5

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Answer 5

P - Crime is a form of entertainment
E - Farell - “middle classes are more likely to admit to tax fraud”
E - Postmodernism - Mahooney - intertextuality
Realist - Lea and Young - triangle of crime
L - Postmodernism offers better explanation than Realism