Youth Flashcards

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Name the Functionalists of Youth

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Parsons
Eisenstadt
Albert Cohen

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Name the Marxists of Youth

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Brake
Phil Cohen
Hall and Jefferson

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Name the Feminists of Youth

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McRobbie
Archer
Osgerby

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Name the Interactionists of Youth

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Stan Cohen
Fawbert
Jock Young

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5
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Name the Postmodernists of Youth

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Luke and Luke

Maffesoli

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Explain the Functionalist Parson’s theory

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  • Youth culture is functional as it acts like a bridge between childhood and adulthood
  • Youth culture helps to prevent anomie, it provides a sense of belonging
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Explain the Functionalist Eisenstadt’s theory

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  • Youth culture is functional as peer groups help each other through the stresses
  • Moving from ascribed to achieved status
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Explain the Functionalist Albert Cohen’s theory

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  • Status frustration
  • W/C boys can’t achieve status through education/material wealth so they join delinquent subcultures and gain status through deviant acts
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Give an evaluation of Parsons theory

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He ignores NEETs

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Give an evaluation of Eisenstadt’s theory

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Ignores the issues that can’t be fixed by peer groups - NEETs

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Give an evaluation of Albert Cohen’s theory

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Helps the understanding of crime and deviance

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Explain the Marxist Phil Cohen’s theory

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  • The skin heads resisted against the decline in W/C communities
  • They did this through the clothes they wore - boots, jeans, braces
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Explain the Marxists Hall and Jefferson’s theory

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  • The teddy boys resisted against class divisions by blurring the lines between M/C and W/C
  • They did this through dressing M/C despite being from W/C backgrounds, wearing smart suits etc
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Explain the Marxist Brake’s theory

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  • W/C saw youth subcultures as an escape from their dull lives/futures
  • Gave them a sense of belonging and excitement
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Give an evaluation of Phil Cohen’s theory

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Ignores women in youth cultures

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Give an evaluation of Hall and Jefferson’s theory

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Ignores women in youth cultures

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Give an evaluation of Brake’s theory

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Ignores M/C youth culture

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Explain the Feminists McRobbie and Garber’s theory

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  • Bedroom culture
  • Stricter parental control meant girls weren’t allowed out to certain places/after certain times
  • This meant they spent more time socialising in bedrooms
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Explain the Feminist Archer’s theory

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  • Girls in gangs felt empowered

- Defence mechanism against being seen as weak/overly sexualised

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Explain the Feminist Osgerby’s theory

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  • No more chivalrous behaviour

- Lad culture - degrading women, puts them off joining youth subcultures

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21
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Give an evaluation of McRobbie and Garber’s theory

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Ignores social media use

22
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Give an evaluation of Archer’s theory

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She only used secondary research

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Explain the Interactionist Jock Young’s theory

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Labelling theory - hippies being labelled as drug users by the police/public became a self-fulfilling prophecy as it became a central part of their culture

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Explain the Interactionist Stan Cohen’s theory

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Moral panic - media exaggerating Mods and Rockers made it a bigger deal than it was, lead public to panic

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Explain the Interactionist Fawbert’s theory

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Media labelling ‘hoodies’ exaggerated it and made the public fear them - lead to an increase in hoodie sales

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Give an evaluation of Jock Young’s theory

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Ignores those who reject labels

27
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Give an evaluation of Stan Cohen’s theory

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Doesn’t explain the initial act of deviance

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Give an evaluation of Fawbert’s theory

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Seen as sympathetic/bias to the W/C youths

29
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Explain the Post-Modernist Luke and Luke’s theory

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Cultural hybridity - youth is no longer local/national, media means youth culture is less divided

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Explain the Post-Modernist Maffesoli’s theory

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Youth culture no longer exist, neo tribes made up of people who have similar interests, doesn’t depend on class etc

31
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Give an evaluation of Post-Modernists

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Doesn’t give a solution to the issues youths face

32
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Give an evaluation of Osgerby’s theory

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Backed up by the NUS study, girls are

33
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Explain how the media influences youth culture (15)

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Jock Young
Fawbert
Stan Cohen

34
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Explain why youth cultures are masculine (15)

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McRobbie
Osgerby
Albert Cohen

35
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Explain the meaning of Neo-Tribes (15)

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Maffesoli
Luke and Luke
Katz and Lyng

36
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Explain why young people join gangs (15)

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Katz and Lyng
Albert Cohen
Archer

37
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Explain why youth is seen as a social construction (15)

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McRobbie
Jock Young
Stan Cohen

38
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Why youth is seen as functional (15)

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Eisenstadt
Parsons
Albert Cohen

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The meaning of spectacular subcultures (15)

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Phil Cohen
Hall and Jefferson
Brake

40
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Name the sociologists of nationality

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Nayyar
Modood
Phil Cohen

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Explain Nayyar’s theory

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‘Othering’ - forming identities based on what we are not

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Explain Modood’s theory

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Says ‘othering’ occurs when far right nationalist groups blame ethnic minorities for societal problems and target working class groups with this

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Explain how Phil Cohen’s theory links to nationality

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Skinheads were resisting against the decline in W/C communities and the British culture and were known to be violent and racist towards ethnic minorities

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Name the sociologists of nationality

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Nayyar
Modood
Phil Cohen

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Explain Nayyar’s theory

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‘Othering’ - forming identities based on what we are not

46
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Explain Modood’s theory

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Says ‘othering’ occurs when far right nationalist groups blame ethnic minorities for societal problems and target working class groups with this

47
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Explain how Phil Cohen’s theory links to nationality

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Skinheads were resisting against the decline in W/C communities and the British culture and were known to be violent and racist towards ethnic minorities

48
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Name the sociologists of nationality

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Nayyar
Modood
Phil Cohen

49
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Explain Nayyar’s theory

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‘Othering’ - forming identities based on what we are not

50
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Explain Modood’s theory

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Says ‘othering’ occurs when far right nationalist groups blame ethnic minorities for societal problems and target working class groups with this

51
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Explain how Phil Cohen’s theory links to nationality

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Skinheads were resisting against the decline in W/C communities and the British culture and were known to be violent and racist towards ethnic minorities