Functionalism

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What are the key ideas of functionalism?

  • The nuclear family provides stabilisation and emotional security - cornerstone of society

  • Very critical of cohabitation, divorce, single-parenting - blame crime and drugs

  • Family enables society to function - the basic building block of society. (organic analogy)

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Durkheim

  • Nuclear family is an “organ” - necassary for society to function

  • Core part of society - without it society would fail

  • Conjugal family to be the essence of the family of his time

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Murdock (1949)

  • Family peforms 4 basic functions - sexual,repoructive, ecnomic and educational - society is not functional without these

  • No other family type does it more effectively

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Parsons

  • Families perfomed an important role to keep people stable

  • Family members give eachother care and support

Warm bath theory: Family is like a warm bath environment for the man, created by women