Diversity (theories)

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a time when everything was predictable, certain
Modernity
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this family met the needs of modern industrial society
nuclear
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this family predated the nuclear family it replaced and has declined in importance since (it's claimed)
Extended
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this theory hates single parents, cohabiting couples, births outside of marriage, women working and divorce
new right
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this produces laws and policies that have encouraged dysfunctional diversity
the state
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feminists reject the claim that single parent families are inherently dysfunctional; the reasons why their children may not be as successful in school are more to do with this
social class
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cohabitation may break down because of this rather than because the relationship is less stable than marriage
poverty
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this kind of family is a variant of the traditional nuclear family; Chester suggests it shows that the nuclear family isn't finished as the dominant model of family life
neo-conventional
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how many kinds of diversity did the Rapoports claim exist?
five
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Postmodernists claim that we have never had so much choice but the downside has been.....
risk and uncertainty
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this family met the needs of modern industrial society

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nuclear

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this family predated the nuclear family it replaced and has declined in importance since (it's claimed)

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Card 4

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this theory hates single parents, cohabiting couples, births outside of marriage, women working and divorce

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Card 5

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this produces laws and policies that have encouraged dysfunctional diversity

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