Family diversity and the life course

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Functionalists and New Right are called..
Modernists
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What do functionalists & new right believe the best type of family is?
Nuclear family
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Who talks about functional fit?
Talcott Parsons
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What is functional fit?
Nuclear family is suited to the needs of modern society (for geographical and socially mobile workforce)
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What do New Right argue about family diversity?
Family diversity is the reason behind social problems e.g. higher crime rates, educational failure
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How do the New Right view lone parent families?
Lone parents are unnatural and harmful esp. to their children. They cannot discipline their children properly and are a burden on the welfare state. Leave their children (boys) without a role model creating delinquency.
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Who argues that children in unnatural families are at a higher risk of poverty, educational failure and health & crime problems?
Amato (2000)
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How does Ann Oakley (1997) criticize the New Right?
Negative reaction against the feminist view of the family. Also NR wrongly assumes that husbands and wives roles are fixed by biology.
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What does Chester talk about?
Neo-conventional family
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What is the neo-conventional family?
A dual-earner family, where both spouses work.
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What theory is Chester's neo-conventinal family similar to?
Young and Willmott's Symmetrical family (more joint conjugal roles)
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What do the Rapoports argue?
We have moved away from traditional nuclear family - we cannot ignore diversity.
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How do the Rapoport view diversity?
Diversity is a response to people's needs and wishes. It's not abnormal or deviant.
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State the 5 different types of diversity that the Rapoports have come up with.
Organisational diversity, genreation diversity, life style diversity, cultural diversity and social class diversity.
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