GCSE Stratification - Power and Authority

Social ______________ is about the differences between social groups.

• class

• differentiation

_______________ has been a very strong focus in sociology up until the 1970s and there was much attention on the differences between working class and middle class people.

• socialisation

• social class

Sociologists found that ________ class children achieved more at school, had a greater chance of going to university, gained better jobs and had better lifestyles.

• middle

• working

________________ sociologists begin to point out the disadvantages faced by girls as they grew up in a male dominated society, saying they had less power than boys.

• functionalists

• feminists

Power from ____________ sources is found in everyday situations: in families, at school, at work, among friends.

• informal

• forma;

When children break their rules, parents often use __________ to prevent children repeating the unwanted behaviour.

• values

• sanctions

_____________ sources of power are those held by people in charge of our society e.g. the government, the Queen.

• Informal

• Formal

_____________ would see all these sources of power as helping to make society work well.

• Functionalists

• Marxists

_____________ would say that power is not shared equally.  The ruling class has the most power.

• Marxists

• Feminists

_____________ would add to this that the rich and powerful are mostly male and use the power to protect male interests.

• Marxists

• Feminists