Applying material from Item D and your own knowledge, evaluate Marxist explanations of the role of families in society today [20 marks] Item D: Marxist sociologists argue that families continue to perform a key role in maintaining capitalism. Families support the economy and play an important part in transmitting ideology that helps to legitimise the capitalist system. However, some sociologists argue that Marxists place too much importance on the role of families in supporting capitalism a...

Evaluate the contribution of feminist views to our understanding of the family. [20 marks]

Evaluate sociological contributions to our understanding of family diversity. [20 marks]

Evaluate the view that demographic changes are leading to more family and household diversity in contemporary UK. [20 marks]

Evaluate the view that changing norms and values have contributed to growing diversity in personal and family life today. [20 marks]

Evaluate the view that the position of the old in today’s society is changing for the better. [20 marks]

Evaluate the factors which have led to the decline in death rates. [20 marks]

Evaluate sociological contributions to our understanding of the trends in divorce in the UK since 1970 [20 marks]

Evaluate the claim that childhood is socially constructed [20 marks]

Evaluate ways in which government policies may affect the experience of childhood today. [20 marks]