Theories of the family

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

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Parsons evaluation

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