Essay Title: What is state power and how might it be important in the sociological study of health?

Prescribed reading for this essay is Chapter 12: Van Krieken, R., Habibis, D., Smith, P., Hutchins, B., Martin, G., Maton, K. (2014). Sociology: Themes and Perspectives, 5th edition. Sydney: Pearson Education

Introduction conveys the purpose and structure of the assignment; conclusion summarises essay content and links back to assignment topic; use of relevant evidence in all paragraphs; sociological ideas raised consistently; sociological ideas understood and applied to the topic in all instances.

Contains introduction, body, conclusion; all body paragraphs contain 3 sentences or more; how the key point of each body paragraph links to the topic is clear in all instances; how the key point of each body paragraph links to the following paragraph is clear in all instances.

All paragraphs include in-text references; appropriate academic references are used; 8 sources used; all sources are relevant and peer-reviewed.