transmits norms and values, teaches skills, allocating roles. murdock 1) reproductive 2)sexual 3) educational 4)economic. steel and kid- warm bath theory
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marxists critisism of functionalist view
critical of primary socialization- it reproduces class inequality. nuclear fam= distracts working class from knowing they are exploited
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marxist feminists critisism of functionalist view
nuclear fam benefits capitalism+ focus on women as mothers puts pressure on women to have children and not be able to work
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new right
nuclear fam is in decline+ under threat
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state policies that show new right thinking is influential to government
1) tax and welfare policies favour married couples 2) child benefit to mother reinforces her natural duties 3) no family policies till 1999 suggest gov see family as private instituition
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critisisms of new right
laws introduced were to improve social position of women, not weaken nuclear fam
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reasons for diversity
life cycle approach, social policy( welfare makes it easier for lone parents), choice
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types of diversity
rapaports 5 types of diversity- 1) organisational(lone parent, reconstituted) 2) cultural 3)class 4) life course 5)cohort( same generation)
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evidence opposing huge increase of diversity
Most adults still marry and have children,Most children are reared by their natural parents, people live in a household headed by a married couple, most marriages continue until parted by death.
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power + control in the family
functionalists- sexual division of labour inevitable, biological. liberal feminists- women have made progress and men are adapting to change. marxist feminists- houswives serves capitalists
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Card 2
Front
critical of primary socialization- it reproduces class inequality. nuclear fam= distracts working class from knowing they are exploited
Back
marxists critisism of functionalist view
Card 3
Front
nuclear fam benefits capitalism+ focus on women as mothers puts pressure on women to have children and not be able to work
Back
Card 4
Front
nuclear fam is in decline+ under threat
Back
Card 5
Front
1) tax and welfare policies favour married couples 2) child benefit to mother reinforces her natural duties 3) no family policies till 1999 suggest gov see family as private instituition
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