Theories of the family 0.0 / 5 ? SociologyFamilies and householdsASAQA Created by: alicewalshCreated on: 07-02-19 19:08 Functionalism ..... 1 of 20 Murdock- 4 Essential functions 1)sex drive 2)reproduction 3) socialisation of young 4) economic 2 of 20 Mudock evaluation -rose tinted -other insitutions could perform equally well 3 of 20 Parsons- 'Functional Fit' + 2 irreducible functions geographically/socially mobile nuclear family - 1)primary socialisation 2)stabilisation of adult personalities 4 of 20 Parsons evaluation -Young+Willmott- claims industrialisation brought a rise in extended family for w/c- more financially dependant 5 of 20 Marxism ...... 6 of 20 Engels- inheritance of property high class of men emerged with priv.prop- controlled productoin means- this brought about the patriarchal monogamous nuclear family 7 of 20 Engels evaluation ignores that nuclear family exists in communist /socialist countries 8 of 20 Zaretsky family today performs key ideological functons - its an apparent haven from capitalism (but isnt) 9 of 20 Unit of consumption families are targeted for sale of consumer goods 10 of 20 Femisnist ...... 11 of 20 liberal evaluation fail to challenge underlying causes of womens oppression 12 of 20 Marxist- eg Fran Ansley 1)reproduce labour force 2)absorb anger 3)cheap labour reserve 13 of 20 radical evaluation fail to recongise immprovement of womens rights - heterosexual attraction makes it unlikely that political separatism would ever work 14 of 20 difference feminism argues we cant assume all women live in a nuclear family - white women ignore black womens experience of racial oppression 15 of 20 difference feminism evaluation all women share man of the same experiences . eg low pay 16 of 20 Personal life perspective ..... 17 of 20 2 major weaknesses of other theories 1)assumes nuclear famil is dominant 2)they are all structural theories 18 of 20 social action view focus on personal relationships and the meaning of members instead of functions 19 of 20 personal life perspective evaluation +recognises that being related inst always positive -too broad of a view 20 of 20
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