Sociological Perspectives of the family
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- Sociological Perspectives of the Family
- Functionalist Perspective
- Emphasise the positive role of the family
- Essential to the smooth running of every society
- Murdock 1949
- Looked at 250 societies in different cultures
- He Argued that every society had a form of nuclear family
- Murdock 1949
- Looked at 250 societies in different cultures
- He Argued that every society had a form of nuclear family
- Came to the conclusion that the family provides the following 4 functions
- Sexual
- Reproductive
- Economic
- Education
- However this is NOT universal
- Came to the conclusion that the family provides the following 4 functions
- He Argued that every society had a form of nuclear family
- Looked at 250 societies in different cultures
- Came to the conclusion that the family provides the following 4 functions
- Sexual
- Reproductive
- Economic
- Education
- However this is NOT universal
- Murdock 1949
- He Argued that every society had a form of nuclear family
- Looked at 250 societies in different cultures
- Parsons 1950s
- The family has 2 irreducible functions
- Primary Socialization of Children
- Stabilization of adult personalities
- The family has 2 irreducible functions
- It can be argued that Functionalists ignore the negative aspects
- It Idealizes the family
- Murdock makes no reference to alternative family types
- Widespread criticism that they ignore the darkside
- Too Macro
- 5% Families are Cereal
- It Idealizes the family
- Legitimizes Authority
- Old = Good for comparison
- Emphasise the positive role of the family
- Marxist Perspective
- See the family as meeting the needs of the capitalist system
- Essential functions for modern industrial society
- Zaretsky 1976
- Props up capitalism
- Man escapes work
- Goes home as boss
- Props up capitalism
- Man escapes work
- Goes home as boss
- Goes home as boss
- Man escapes work
- Props up capitalism
- Goes home as boss
- Man escapes work
- Props up capitalism
- Engels 1884
- Protection of property by Inheritence
- Economic function
- Protection of property by Inheritence
- Althusser
- Working class submit by the Ideological State Apperatus
- Socialized to accept authority
- Working class submit by the Ideological State Apperatus
- Old fashioned
- Assumes the family is nuclear
- Ignores alternate family types
- Explains divisions within pay
- See the family as meeting the needs of the capitalist system
- Feminist Perspective
- Marxist
- Women are exploited as cheap home labourers
- Radical
- As a fault of capitalism
- Women are exploited as cheap home labourers
- Radical
- As a fault of capitalism
- Delphy and Leonard 1992
- The family is Patriarchal
- As a fault of capitalism
- Radical
- Women are exploited as cheap home labourers
- Delphy and Leonard 1992
- The family is Patriarchal
- As a fault of capitalism
- Radical
- To benefit the capitalism
- Benston 1969
- If domestic labour was paid at even min wage
- Capitalism profits would suffer hugely
- If domestic labour was paid at even min wage
- Benston 1969
- Women are exploited as cheap home labourers
- Liberal
- Social changed has happened
- But there is still work
- Social changed has happened
- Too passive
- Ignores new man
- Ignores that men are also abused
- Ignores Civil partnerships
- Different strands recognize progress
- Sees the family from a women's PoV
- Marxist
- New Right Perspective
- Cereal Packet family is the most ideal
- Murray
- Welfare state is too generous
- Single & Reconstituted parents are bad
- Criticised for blaming the victim
- Some policies have made use of this perspective
- MTA
- Bedroom tax
- The family is a social construct
- Non Universal
- A concept that people have made and defined
- Self-Fufilling
- What is family?
- Socialisation
- New legislation
- Caused 50% Marriages to end in divorce
- Media
- Over the past century
- Nuclear Family
- Biological
- Norm
- Traditional extended family
- Close-by
- Single parent families
- Reconstituted families
- Step families
- Attenuated Extended family
- Live apart from extended family
- Functionalist Perspective
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