Family and Households - The Family, Social Structure and Social Change...
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- The Family, Social Structure and Social Change...
- Defining the 'family'
- Murdock (1949)- focused on the nuclear family structure.
- Nuclear family: a stereotypical two-generation family made up of a heterosexual couple with dependent offspring.
- Right Wing Sociologists agree.
- Statistical norm...a nuclear family should...
- share a common residence
- marriage should be companionate and share roles.
- sexual division of labour = men - breadwinner and women - nurturers and childcare.
- marriage should be companionate and share roles.
- have a small compact structure
- share a common residence
- marriage should be companionate and share roles.
- sexual division of labour = men - breadwinner and women - nurturers and childcare.
- marriage should be companionate and share roles.
- share a common residence
- parents should be married and have had children through love for one another.
- immediate family comes first - kinship
- share a common residence
- Nuclear family: a stereotypical two-generation family made up of a heterosexual couple with dependent offspring.
- Murdock (1949)- focused on the nuclear family structure.
- The traditional view of the family
- constitute a powerful conservative ideology
- lone parents are not as effective as having two parents
- homosexual couples should not have the same fertility rights as a heterosexual couple.
- constitute a powerful conservative ideology
- lone parents are not as effective as having two parents
- homosexual couples should not have the same fertility rights as a heterosexual couple.
- homosexual couples should not have the same fertility rights as a heterosexual couple.
- lone parents are not as effective as having two parents
- constitute a powerful conservative ideology
- homosexual couples should not have the same fertility rights as a heterosexual couple.
- lone parents are not as effective as having two parents
- constitute a powerful conservative ideology
- Functionalism, the social structure and the family
- Murdock (1949)- focused on the nuclear family structure.
- Nuclear family: a stereotypical two-generation family made up of a heterosexual couple with dependent offspring.
- Right Wing Sociologists agree.
- Statistical norm...a nuclear family should...
- have a small compact structure
- parents should be married and have had children through love for one another.
- immediate family comes first - kinship
- have a small compact structure
- Nuclear family: a stereotypical two-generation family made up of a heterosexual couple with dependent offspring.
- functionalism is a structural theory that believes the social structure of society is responsible for shaping individuals and life chances.
- functionalists are interested in how families function in society.
- Murdock (1949)- focused on the nuclear family structure.
- Functionalism and the evolution of the family
- Functionalism, the social structure and the family
- functionalism is a structural theory that believes the social structure of society is responsible for shaping individuals and life chances.
- functionalists are interested in how families function in society.
- functionalism is a structural theory that believes the social structure of society is responsible for shaping individuals and life chances.
- Parsons (1965) - examined the influence of industrialisation and the economy on family structures and relationships
- pre-industrial societies based on extended kinship networks - e.g. live and work along side with cousins
- home and work were the same thing
- roles within the family were based on aspiration rather than achievement
- roles were passed down through generations
- duty and obligation to accept these roles
- home and work were the same thing
- duty and obligation to accept these roles
- roles were passed down through generations
- pre-industrial societies based on extended kinship networks - e.g. live and work along side with cousins
- extended families performed other functions for their members
- pre-industrial societies based on extended kinship networks - e.g. live and work along side with cousins
- skills and education
- maintain health
- provide welfare
- pursue justice for family
- provide welfare
- maintain health
- maintain health
- provide welfare
- pursue justice for family
- provide welfare
- pre-industrial societies based on extended kinship networks - e.g. live and work along side with cousins
- Functionalism, the social structure and the family
- The effects of industrialisation
- economy demanded a geographically mobile workforce meant that nuclear families had to move away from extended kin in search of job opportunities
- Parsons related industrialisation to changes in family structure.
- economy demanded a geographically mobile workforce meant that nuclear families had to move away from extended kin in search of job opportunities
- nuclear families became isolated and therefore had no economic or social support from extended kin, they became more home centred and more focused on each other.
- Parsons related industrialisation to changes in family structure.
- Parsons related industrialisation to changes in family structure.
- 'structural differentiation' - families became less important as an agency of production
- new roles for husband and wife - women now 'expressive leader' more to do withsocialization of children and childcare, men - 'instrumental leader' responsible for economic welfare and assets
- Critcisims of Parsons view.
- Maxist
- nuclear family as serving the ruling class and promotes capitalism
- ideological apparatus
- working class families are forced to pursue 'false needs' of consumerism
- capitalism has discouraged extended nuclear families because of the mutual support system it offers.
- Maxist-Feminist
- focus on the roles between men and women
- unpaid work contributes to capitalist economies
- capitalism exploits women and men benefit from this
- women provide emotional support for men when they are frustrated
- domestic violence
- focus on the roles between men and women
- Radical-Femenist
- women were excluded from work and therefore dependent on the male breadwinner
- the emergence of the modern nuclear family meets the men rather than other members of society
- Maxist
- Defining the 'family'
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