functionalism
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- Created on: 30-12-15 16:51
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- functionalism
- Murdock 1949
- family performs functions
- sexual
- reproduction
- socialisation
- economic
- family has socially improved
- arguments against
- The Nayer
- 19th Century = no nuclear family. A women could have sexual relations with any man (maximum 12)
- conflict & exploitation
- outdated & irrelevant
- The Nayer
- family performs functions
- Parsons 1955
- functional fit
- adaptation
- industrialisation
- achieved status
- conclusion = the nuclear family is uniquely suited to the needs of industrial society
- structural differentiation+ loss of functions
- unit of consumption
- functional fit results in loss of functions - the family becomes responsible for fewer functions through structural differentiation
- functional fit
- Willmott & Young 1972
- Murdock 1949
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