Functionalism (ii) Strain Theory
The main sections of this page Key Terms Deviance: behaviour that breaks a social norm, and is disapproved of by most members of a society. Anomie (Merton‘s sense): a state in which a society sets goals that many of its members cannot reach through approved routes. Cultural goals: the aims a society teaches its members […]
Functionalist Theories of Crime (i): Durkheim on the Functions of Crime and Anomie
Contents The main sections of this workbook are set out below. Key Terms Crime: An act that breaks a society’s formal, written laws and can lead to official punishment through the criminal justice system (the police, courts and prisons). Deviance: Behaviour that breaks a shared social norm (an unwritten rule about how to behave) and […]
Crime, Deviance, Social Order and Social Control – Introduction
Contents The main sections of this page are set out below. Key Terms Crime: An act that breaks a formally written law, and which the state can punish through the police, courts and prisons. Theft is a crime because it breaks the Theft Act 1968. Deviance: Behaviour that breaks a shared norm (an unwritten social […]
Henry VII’s Foreign Policy, 1485–1509: A Visual Overview
FOREIGN POLICY OVERVIEW | A LEVEL HISTORY | HISTPOLOGY.CO.UK On 22 August 1485, Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field and took the English throne with a claim so thin that almost no European ruler regarded him as secure. For the next twenty-four years, foreign policy was Henry’s main defence against that insecurity: he […]
Henry VII and Ireland, 1485–1509
Ireland in 1500, during the reign of Henry VII, was geographically divided between the small area of direct English control and the much larger territories dominated by Gaelic and Hiberno‑Norman lordships. The red area on the map, representing the Pale, covered only the region around Dublin and parts of Meath, Kildare, and Louth. This was […]
Henry VII and Spain, 1485–1509
Spain in 1485 was a patchwork of Christian and Muslim territories on the Iberian Peninsula, with the crowns of Castile and Aragon newly united under Ferdinand and Isabella. Most of central and northern Spain was under Christian control, while the Kingdom of Granada remained the last major Muslim state. The geography of Spain at this […]
5 Minute Read: The looking-glass self and symbolic interactionism
A 5-minute read | the looking-glass self and symbolic interactionism, condensed Full study notes: The Self and Identity — The Looking-Glass Self and Symbolic Interactionist Approaches In 2018, the dermatologists Rajanala, Maymone and Vashi coined the term “Snapchat dysmorphia”. Cosmetic surgeons reported a sharp rise in patients bringing in filtered selfies and asking to be […]
5 Minute Read: Culture, Socialisation and the Formation of Identity
A 5-minute read | socialisation, identity and free will, condensed Full study notes: Culture, Socialisation and the Formation of Identity In November 1938, a six-year-old girl known as Isabelle was discovered in Ohio, having spent almost her whole life shut away with her deaf and mute mother. She could not speak, and doctors first suspected […]