Law in Society

Post has two assignments

1:Researching Law in Society

1. Have you ever participated in any of the methods of data collection discussed in chapter 9?
2. Give examples of both pure sociology and applied sociology.
3. What is an example of both pure sociology and applied sociology?
4. Can you give an example of how sociology has influenced policy making?

2: How has daily life changed since 1800?

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Assessment details

You will write a 1000-word essay that responds to the following statement:

How has daily life changed since 1800?

To answer this question, contrast Blainey’s account of life before 1800 with your observations about how people live today.

Steps for your research:

The following steps will assist you to complete the research component of this task:

Read the chapter ‘Dethroning the harvest’ by Geoffrey Blainey to get an idea of life and society in the period 1500 – 1800.
Compare what you read about life and society in the period 1500 – 1800 with life today, drawing on your own experience and observations, and two additional references for each theme.

Focus on three themes.
1. Health and wellbeing vs now
2. Work, land vs jobs today
3. Food, dependant on harvest vs today.

You should use the Blainey reference and at least one of these resources (attached):

Sociology: a down-to-earth approach (Henslin, Possamai & Possamai-Inesedy 2011), pp.136-140.

Sociology: a global introduction (Macionis & Plummer 2012), pp. 105-113.
You should use Harvard style for in-text referencing and in your Reference List.

Structure is;
Intro 150
Blainey summary 250-300 worrds
the three themes 500
Conclusion 150 – advise if each area is getting better or worse

Law in Society