Family theories: Functionalist
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- Family theories: Functionalism
- Murdochs four family functions are reproduction, satisfaction of sex drive, socialisation and financial support
- Can't these functions be performed by other family types than the nuclear family?
- Families are not always harmonious or full of consensus
- Parsons' functionalist fit theory - the nuclear family is more fit to meet the needs of an industrial society than other types
- Loss of functions - the family has become only a unit of consumption in today's society, rather than a unit of production
- Laslett studied census statistics and found that nuclear families were the main family type before I.R
- Extended families are still important to many in poverty
- Fletcher - families help to create a value consensus
- Do high rates of divorce reflect a value consensus in families?
- Murdochs four family functions are reproduction, satisfaction of sex drive, socialisation and financial support
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