SOCIOLOGIST THEORIES - FAMILY
- Created by: jemma burke
- Created on: 22-04-15 08:55
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- Family + households
- FUNCTIONALIST
- Nuclear family is best ; primary socialisation from male and female
- Instrumental and expressive role; equal but different
- primary socialisation and stabilisation of adult personalities ; PARSONS
- MURDOCK; SEXUAL REPRODUCE EDUCATE ECONOMIC
- CRITISISM;ignores family diversity - present in todays society
- are still relevant ; asian families upper class families
- NEW RIGHT
- Nuclear family is best
- adequate socialisation comes from male and female
- decline in nuclear families; high welfare/feminism/traditional value breakdown/homosexual
- FEMINIST
- patriarchal
- power relationships
- dual burdern and triple shift
- gender roles - toys,colours
- control of boys and girls
- economic dependancy
- pressure and expectation
- CRITISISM;ignore developments in society, focus on negatives
- MARXIST
- nuclear family fuels capitalism
- socialises children to accept inequality
- unit of consumption(capitalist goods)
- work force ; emotional support for workers
- family is tool of opression
- FUNCTIONALIST
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