Thinker
Anthony Giddens
Anthony Giddens is central to 26 previous-year questions, spanning 2009 to 2025 across Paper I and Paper II. Everything below is drawn from the official papers — the questions themselves, the concepts they test, and where they sit in the syllabus.
26Questions
2009–25Years tested
I & IIPaper
6Syllabus topics
Concepts asked alongside Anthony Giddens
What the examiner actually wants you to know when this name appears.
individualisation 8sociological imagination 6changing gender roles 3cohabitation 3common sense 3family diversity 3nuclearisation 3scientific method 3single-parent family 3critical enquiry 2empirical verification 2fundamentalism 2globalisation 2individualism 2kinship 2modernity 2nuclear family 2same-sex family 2
Where Anthony Giddens appears in the syllabus
Every question on Anthony Giddens
Each links to a full breakdown — how to approach it, a model answer, and the examiner’s perspective.
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- “Sociology is pre-eminently study of modern societies.” Discuss.
- Discuss the contemporary trends in family as a response to social change in modern society.
- Is religion playing an important role in increasing fundamentalism? Give reasons for your answer.
- Is sociology common sense? Give reasons in support of your argument.
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