Youth Cultures and Deviance 35 Mark Question Plan Flashcards
What is the topic of the first and last paragraph?
Introduction and Conclusion
What must you do at the end of every point paragraph?
Link it to the question
P1 Point
Linked to deviance as they are resisting capitalism
P1 Supporting Study
Willis
P1 Supporting Study Explanation
The 11 young men did not do well in school meaning they were less likely to get good jobs and conform to capitalism
P1 Criticism Theory
Postmodernism
P1 Criticism Point
Failed to show how globalisation affects the social lives of young people
P1 Criticism Study
Lyotards Fragmentation of society
P1 Criticism Study Explanation
As society has become fragmented, young people do not experience the same ways of growing up
P2 Point
Youth cultures are linked to deviance if a young person has a dysfunctional family
P2 Supporting Study
Hirschi
P2 Supporting Study Explanation
If they do not develop strong bonds with their families, they will look to do it with their peers, who could be deviant
P2 Criticism Theory
Feminism
P2 Criticism Point
Functionalists have not focussed on these social bonds for girls
P2 Criticism Study
McRobbie and Garber
P2 Criticism Study Explanation
Girls are more likely to form strong social bonds with their parents as their parents have more control over their lives
P3 Point
Youth cultures provide ways that young people can succeed through deviance
P3 Supporting Study
Venkatesh
P3 Supporting Study Explanation
Many of the young people in this culture wanted to gain status and wealth but were doing this illegally
P3 Criticism Theory
Functionalism
P3 Criticism Point
Young people will want to gain status but will prefer to do so in a socially acceptable way
P3 Criticism Study
Durkheim
P3 Criticism Study Explanation
Young people are socialised into a value consensus in society so they will accept and try and follow the ways to achieve success in socially acceptable ways
P4 Point
Deviancy within youth cultures often provides an alternative to failure
P4 Supporting Study
Cohens Status Frustration study
P4 Supporting Study Explanation
A group of young men who aspired to be middle class failed to do so, so they turned to acting deviant
P4 Criticism Theory
Postmodernism
P4 Criticism Point
Young people join deviant youth cultures due to the thrill of these actions
P4 Criticism Study(‘s)
Katz, Lyng
P4 Criticism Study Explanation
Katz created the concept of transgressions stating how young people like thrill and Lyng said edgework was obstacles to deviance which instead encouraged it
P5 Point
Deviance and youth cultures are linked by the media
P5 Supporting Study
Cohens study of Mods and Rockers
P5 Supporting Study Explanation
The Mods and Rocker youth cultures became very popular after the moral panic created by the media when reporting their fight
P5 Criticism Theory
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P5 Criticism Point
Youth cultures were able to create a positive image for themselves
P5 Criticism Study
Johal’s Brasian Study
P5 Criticism Study Explanation
Brasian culture was able to fuse British and Asian culture in a way which was equal for both cultures