Module 6
Society and Social Change: Stratification & Globalisation
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” - Mahatma Gandhi

Society and Social Change

Society and Social Change

Guide to Module 6 (Society and Social Change/Stratification/Globalisation)

Guide to Module 6 (Society and Social Change/Stratification/Globalisation)

Obligatory reading for students with the 7th. edition of textbook

Obligatory reading for students with the 7th. edition of textbook

Social Stratification

Social Stratification

Intersectionality explained

Intersectionality explained

Intersectionality and social stratification theory are both frameworks within sociology that aim to understand and analyse social inequality.  Social stratification theory often emphasises certain categories such as class, race, and gender as key components of social hierarchy. Intersectionality builds on this by recognising that individuals simultaneously occupy multiple social categories, and these intersections influence their experiences of privilege or disadvantage.

Kimberlé Crenshaw Discusses 'Intersectional Feminism'

Kimberlé Crenshaw Discusses 'Intersectional Feminism'

The urgency of intersectionality

The urgency of intersectionality


Intersectionality is a concept within sociology that was developed to understand the interconnected nature of social categories and how they intersect to create unique systems of privilege and oppression. The term was coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, a legal scholar and feminist, in the late 1980s. 

Poverty experience: Living in a sinking slum, how this father fears for his family's future.

Poverty experience: Living in a sinking slum, how this father fears for his family's future.

As climate change increases each year, sea levels are rising, and the growing city has pumped so much water from its ground that the land is now sinking 5 centimeters, every year.400,000 of the city's poorest live in slums across the city. One of which that has been most effected by the flooding is known as the Sinking Slum, situated in the north of the city, along the coast.

Meet 49-year-old Udin, who's lived in the sinking slum with his family since 1996. Witnessing the tides rise, he's seen the water overcome three walls that were previously built to prevent extreme flooding in the city.His small home sits on top of a raised garbage mound, amongst a community home to over 600 people. All living on the edge of the capitals sinking coast.Working on odd jobs for the community, he struggles to support his family on £30 a month.

Poverty Experiences: This is poverty

Poverty Experiences: This is poverty

Poverty Narratives in the UK

The Future of the Welfare State

The Future of the Welfare State

How Economic Inequality Harms Societies

How Economic Inequality Harms Societies

Poverty in Europe - 80 million living in poverty

Poverty in Europe - 80 million living in poverty

People Like Us

People Like Us

Perceptions of Social Class in the US

Perceptions of Social Class in the US

Thomas Boyce, Early Adversity and Future Health

Thomas Boyce, Early Adversity and Future Health

Social Class in early childhood

Social Class in early childhood

Scenes from a recession

Scenes from a recession

Social Stratification 6.1

Social Stratification 6.1