Family Diversity
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- Created on: 20-06-17 23:17
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- Family Diversity
- Functionalism
- PARSONS: There is a functional fit between the nuclear family and modern society
- because the family performs essential functions, we generalise about the type of family we will find in modern society
- other family types are considered dysfunctional or abnormal
- PARSONS: There is a functional fit between the nuclear family and modern society
- New Right
- a conservative and anti feminist perspective
- opposed to family diversity
- hold the same view that there is only one correct family type
- particularly concerned with lone parent families as they are considered harmful to children
- Negative Evaluation: Feminists argue that the conventional nuclear family is based on patriarchal oppression of women
- Negative Evaluation: there is no evidence that children in lone parent families are more likely to become delinquents
- Negative Evaluation: ANN OAKLEY says the New Right wrongly assume that husband/wife roles are fixed by biology, cross cultural studies show variations in roles
- Neo-Conventional
- CHESTER recognises some increased family diversity but did not view it as significant or negative
- He thinks the family has changed to a neo-conventional family. This means that it is a 'dual earner' family where both spouses go to work.
- It appears that many people are not part of a nuclear family but that is because of the life cycle. E.g. many widows, divorced or young people have been or have yet to be part of a nuclear family
- CHESTER recognises some increased family diversity but did not view it as significant or negative
- Rapoports
- Think we have moved away from the traditional nuclear family to a range of different types
- families have adapted to a pluralistic society
- seen as a positive response
- families have adapted to a pluralistic society
- CULTURAL: different cultural, religious and ethnic groups have different family structures
- SOCIAL CLASS: income differences may cause different family structures
- LIFE STAGE: structure differs according to stage in life cycle e.g. young newlyweds, couples with dependents, grown up children, widows
- GENERATIONAL: old and young generations have different attitudes and experiences e.g. morality of divorce
- ORGANISATIONAL: differences in family roles e.g. joint/separate conjugal roles or dual/single earner
- Think we have moved away from the traditional nuclear family to a range of different types
- Postmodernism
- CHEAL; we are no longer in modern society and family structures have fragmented and individuals have more choice in lifestyles, relationships and family arrangements
- Postivive Evaluation: more freedom
- Negative Evaluation: risk of instability as more likely to break up
- STACEY: greater freedom has benefited women as they can free themselves from patriarchy
- MORGAN: it is pointless trying to make generalisations about family because family is what those involved choose to call family
- INDIVIDUALISATION THESIS: traditional social structures have lost influence over us
- we have been freed from traditional roles so we can choose how to live
- NEGATIVE EVALUATION: exaggerates how much choice we have and not every one has the same privileges to exercise choice
- THE PERSONAL LIFE perspective proposes the CONNECTEDNESS THESIS
- instead of being completely free, our choices are always made within a web on connectedness
- THE PERSONAL LIFE perspective proposes the CONNECTEDNESS THESIS
- NEGATIVE EVALUATION: exaggerates how much choice we have and not every one has the same privileges to exercise choice
- we have been freed from traditional roles so we can choose how to live
- CHEAL; we are no longer in modern society and family structures have fragmented and individuals have more choice in lifestyles, relationships and family arrangements
- Functionalism
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