Family- diversity

Chester

Neo-conventional family 2 adults 2 children who weren’t always linked biologically/ married and both adults worked

Rapport and Rapport

5 ways family can be diverse

Organised diversity- jobs people have within the family

Cultural diversity- Families differ in shape and organisation, eg Asian families - extended , Afro-Caribbean- matrifocal

Social class diversity- Norms and values differ according to social class e.g Middle class = child centred and value education

Life stage diversity- Different family types as they age e.g born into a nuclear family - single- extended/ reconstructed

Generational diversity- Families have different nroms and values depending on age eg grandparents vs grandchildren views of the role of woman

Giddens

Post modernist

people look for a pure relationship in order to be fulfilled constant search for happy marriage= serial monogamy more than one relationship in their lifetime (happens repeatedly )

Beck

Constant change can be unsettling - negotional fami;y

people are less certain of their role in society

zombie category- outside their relationships looks put together and in reality lack stability and security

murray

Decline in nuclear family - social disorder emergance of the underclass

single parens lead poor parenting and caused social disorder particulary in working class men

Phillips

London riots- Matrifocal families encouraged by labour governments

Blamed policies e.g working tax credit encouraged single parents to have children

Blailie

Agening population = valuable consumers ‘grey pound’ they have more disposible income

triple shift

Women have to look after elderly family

Townstend

Most over 65 lifestyle is working and healthy still contributes to tax and their pensions are taxed

Ageing pop statistics

Preasure on healthcare dependancy ration e.g 20% pensioners , 60% work 20% children = less people paying tax

Personal life perspective

People can pick and chose what ever family type they want families are made up of a range of different people pets and friends

connectiveness theory even f we pick our family economical issues limit us