Instrumental and expressive roles are natural and functional to society
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Elizabeth Bott (1957)
Distinguished between 2 types of conjugal roles; segregated and joint
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Willmott and Young (1950s)
Study in East London showed patterns of segregated conjugal roles. However in 1962 they found that more men were taking a greater share in domestic tasks
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Willmott and Young (1973)
Family life is becoming more equal and democratic with increases in symmetrical families. More common among young couples and those more socially and geographically isolated
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Ann Oakley
Criticises Willmott and Young's march of progress view - only 15% of husbands had role in housework and 25% in childcare
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Bolton
Supports Oakley - almost always the mother who provides security and well being for the child whilst the father has the more fun roles like playing with the child
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Hoschild (2013)
Came up with the idea of triple shift, women perform emotion work for the child as well as housework and paid work
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Pahl and Vogler (1993)
Identify two ways that income is controlled in the family: Allowance system where men give their wives a budget for the family's needs. Pooling, where both partners have equal access to income
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Edgell (1980)
Found that very important decisions usually were based on the husband's final say. Important decisions like holidays and education were usually joint decisions and less important decisions like home decor were made by the wife alone
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Hirsch (2005)
Presents ideas for social policy that can tackle the problem of ageing population e.g. encourage them to go into smaller housing to improve their living standards and free up houses for younger buyers
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Duncan and Phillips (2013)
Found that 1 in 10 people living alone are in significant relationships but not married/cohabiting, seen as a more casual family choice
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Charles Murray
Blames lone parent families for strain on economy. Providing benefits tho single parents encourages them not to work and benefit the economy
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Willmott (1988)
The extended family is now dispersed. Relatives still keep in contact but are geographically separated
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Palmer
Rapid changes in technology have damaged children's physical emotional and intellectual development
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Postman (1994)
Disappearance of childhood - says children are becoming more like adults in the way they dress, speak etc and even cases of children committing adult crimes. He blames television for being a window into the adult world
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Gittins (1998)
Age patriarchy - blames patriarchy and male domination of household for inequalities between child and adult
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Postman
The information hierarchy - adults have more power over children cause they can read and children can not. Therefore children can't read about sex, crime, violence etc. Television now allows them to do so
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Melanie Phillips
Innocence of children is being undermined by two trends: Liberal ideas have brought new power to children, they can walk over their parents. Media and peer groups are now more influential than parents
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Fletcher (1966)
Supports the welfare state as it allows the family to perform their functions i.e. intro of national curriculum means value consensus in knowledge
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Dunzelot
Sees social policy as state control over families. Social workers use their power to control families, calls this social policing
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Foucalt
Goverment uses surveillance to monitor behaviour by embedding social services in families. More likely to happen to W/C families who're seen as a problem
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Almond (2006)
Social policy undermines the nuclear family e.g. legalising gay marriage and laws making divorce easier.
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Silva and Smart (1999)
New Labour didn't support new right policies. E.g. made maternity leave longer for males and females
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Land (1978)
Too many social policies assume that the best family type is the nuclear family.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Distinguished between 2 types of conjugal roles; segregated and joint
Back
Elizabeth Bott (1957)
Card 3
Front
Study in East London showed patterns of segregated conjugal roles. However in 1962 they found that more men were taking a greater share in domestic tasks
Back
Card 4
Front
Family life is becoming more equal and democratic with increases in symmetrical families. More common among young couples and those more socially and geographically isolated
Back
Card 5
Front
Criticises Willmott and Young's march of progress view - only 15% of husbands had role in housework and 25% in childcare
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