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18 Cards in this Set
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Functionalism-Murdock |
Four function model Sexual satisfaction Reproduction of next gen Socialisation of young Meeting it's members economic needs |
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Murdock- Evaluation |
Strength-250 societies Weaknesses-other institutions -overly positive Marxists-capitalism Feminism-benefits men, oppresses women |
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Parsons functional fit theory |
Two functions-primary socialisation, stabilisation of adult personalities Societies- Pre-industrial farmers, extended family (farm) Industrial-nuclear (mobile workforce) FAMILY FITS THE SOCIETY IT LIVES IN |
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Parsons-evaluation |
Strength-family hasn't lost functions, they have changed. -holistic explanation-society as a whole. Weakness-life expectancy used to be low- extended family not possible (hygiene/medical) -overly positive. |
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New Right-Pro marriage, anti divorce, anti cohabitation. |
Murray- USA UNDERCLASS, long term unemployed welfare dependents, single mothers. patterns would continue to next generation. Boys lacked father figured, wouldn't work, cycle continues. 'Perverse incentives'-criticises dependence on welfare state-benefit system encourages antisocial behaviour. (Something to fall back on.) |
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New Right-Pro marriage, anti divorce, anti cohabitation. |
Dennis and Erdos Similar concerns in UK. Single mothers bring up male child-no expectation of adult life shih involves responsibilities of caring for wife and children leads to irresponsible, immature, antisocial young men. |
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New right-EVALUATION |
Strength- Supported by statistics on marriage, divorce and signed parents and young men committing crime-only all correlation, not cause and effect. Weakness-nuclear family may not always be ideal for child socialisation -Feminists believe new right have a sexist view of women. |
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Marxism |
Family and transmission of property: son inherits fathers property-keeps wealth in Bourgeoisie families. Reproduces class system. |
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Marxism |
Family and reproduction of capitalist ideology. Hierarchy: Parents & children Teachers & students Boss & worker
SOCIALISATION: children are made to think capitalism is fair. Expose children to the idea that hierarchy & inequality are inevitable. |
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Marxim |
Family below workers deal with alienation: Comfortable comes from family unit-keeps proletariat working. |
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Marxism |
Consumption: The family consumes products making profits for the Bourgeoisie. essentially giving their wages back. |
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Marxism evaluation |
Strength-follow Marxist theory-fits well with original ideas. Weaknesses-out of date -blames capitalism -negative view of family -feminists-ignores the patriarchy -based on class systems. |
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Feminsm |
Radical- Men=enemy Remove patriarchy Exploited and oppressed by men Men benefit from women's unpaid labour and sexual services. |
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Feminism |
Liberal Want to remove sexism from education Change laws Sex discrimination act & paternity leave Women unequal due to ignorance. |
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Feminism |
Marxist Capitalism=enemy Women reproduce next generation of workers Reserve army of labor Want a communist revolution(get rid of class systems) |
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Feminism |
Difference Can't generalise experiences Patriarchy is different for all women Race, sexuality, class, disability. No one way to solve the problem. |
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Feminism evaluation |
Strength-evidence to support-women doing more domestic labour/experience of domestic violence. Weakness-ignore positive aspects-running the home, raising a child, rewarding. -assumes all families are nuclear with a male head. -different types of feminists holds conflicting view points. |
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Social Action Theory |
Structural: structure in society, looks at the influence of this structure on its members. Marxists look at how capitalist society influences the nuclear family. Social action theory: no structure to society- focuses on how members understand the behaviours of other members. Personal life perspective tries do understand family relationships rather than assuming they are based on marriage or blood. |
