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Functionalism
Functionalism is a structural approach, seeing us as being entirely shaped by society. It is also a consensus perspective (harmony), and takes a macro (large-scale) approach to sociology.
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Marxism
Marxism is a structural perspective, taking a macro (large-scale) approach. However, unlike functionalists, Marxist sociologists take a conflict approach.
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Feminism
Like Marxists, feminists are a structural approach who take a conflict, macro (large-scale) approach towards society. They also have a critical view of the family. Only difference is they believe the family aids the oppression of women.
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Murdock
argues that the family performs 4 essential functions to meet the needs of society and its members
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Parsons
Parsons argues that the functions the family performs depends on the kind of society in which it is found;pre industrial(extended family), post industrial(nuclear family)
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Parsons, irreducible functions
Parsons argues that with a change in structure, the family has lost several functions - for example, the family is no longer a unit of production; with industrialisation, work moved into the factories and the family became a unit of production only.
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Marxism is a structural perspective, taking a macro (large-scale) approach. However, unlike functionalists, Marxist sociologists take a conflict approach.

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Like Marxists, feminists are a structural approach who take a conflict, macro (large-scale) approach towards society. They also have a critical view of the family. Only difference is they believe the family aids the oppression of women.

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argues that the family performs 4 essential functions to meet the needs of society and its members

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Parsons argues that the functions the family performs depends on the kind of society in which it is found;pre industrial(extended family), post industrial(nuclear family)

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