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Education: The relationship between education and social mobility/inequality. sociology 9699 notes

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• Durkheim: Study of suicide (integration/regulation); education teaches specialist skills.
• Parsons: The "sick role"; instrumental vs. expressive roles in the family.
• Merton: Strain Theory (innovation, retreatism, rebellion).

Demographic trends: Declining birth rate, aging population, migration. (Key concept: The Second Demographic Transition).

Changing patterns: Divorce, marriage, cohabitation, same-sex families.

Power dynamics in families: Decision making, domestic violence (Wilcox), the "Dark side of the family."

: Educational disparities based on socio-economic status, gender, and ethnicity, as well as the influence of global educational policies. Paper 4: Globalisation, Media, and Religion Globalisation Demographic trends: Declining birth rate

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