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The Pinnacle School

Western Sociologists- Worksheet


1. Why is the Enlightenment important for the development of sociology? (4)
2. How was the Industrial Revolution responsible for giving rise to sociology? (4)
3. What are the various components of a mode of production? (4)
4. Why do classes come into conflict, according to Marx? (6)
5. What are social facts? How do we recognise them? (4)
6. What is the difference between ‘mechanic’ and ‘organic’ solidarity? (4)
7. Show, with examples, how moral codes are indicators of social solidarity. (2)
8. Discuss Durkheim’s concept of collective conscience. (4)
9. What are the basic features of bureaucracy? (4)
10. What is special or different about the kind of objectivity needed in social science? (4)

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