Paper 2 (Family)

these flashcards go through every major topic in part a of paper 2 for the family, i suggest you do the flashcards in order as they will lack understanding if shuffled and i go through each topic 1 by 1. ALSO DO NOT USE TO FOCUS REVISION THIS IS JUST A REFRESHER!

functionalists

• durkheim

• murdock

• parsons

durkhiem

The family plays a major role in maintaining social stability as it begins to teach children the norms and values of society.

murdock

the family serves 4 essential functions:

• sexual

• reproductive

• economic

• socialisation

  The Nuclear family is universal

parsons

Fit thesis - the family shifts and evolves to match the structure and needs of society. pre-industrial (extended family) → industrial (nuclear family).

the family has 2 separate groups of functions:

1. a. primary socialisation

   b. warm bath theory

2. a. geographically mobile workforce

   b.socially mobile workforce

He also argues that there is a natural division of labour. The family is nuclear.

functionalist criticisms

• ignores diversity, conflict, exploitation

• the family serves the needs of the capitalist society

• idealistic views

• ignores the children that may make their own personalities via social action approach

marxists

• althusser

• zaretsky

• engles

• marcuse

althusser

families promote and pass capitalist values and ideologies to its members by modelling capitalism by; conformity and obedience. The family i a part of the ISA.

zaretsky

engles

marcuse

Marxist critcisms

feminism

• liberal

• marxist

• radical

• difference

• duncombe & marsden

liberal feminism

Marxist feminism

radical feminism

difference feminism

duncombe & marsden

feminist critcisms

New Right

• murray

murray

new right criticisms

personal life theory

• carol smart

carol smart

postmodernists

• giddens and beck

Marriage:

• berthouse 2000

• Modood et al 1997

• reasons for changing marriage trends

berthouse 2000

modood et al 1997

reasons for changing marriage trends

divorce / separation

• reasons for changing trends

• parsons

• giddens

• ditto

reasons for changing trends in divorce/separation

parsons

giddens

ditto

Family diversity

• Reasons for changing trends

• Allan et al

• Johnson 1982

• levin

• Ballard 1982

• murdock 1949

• willmott and young

• rapoport and rapoport et al 1982

reasons for changing trends in family diversity

allan et al

johnson 1982

levin

Ballard 1982

murdock 1949

willmott and young

rapoport and rapoport et al 1982

gender roles/ labour

• delphy and leonard

• bott

• edgell

• willmott and young

• duncombe and marsden

gender and power

• dobash and dobash

• pahl

Children

• Aries

• wagg

• brannen

• postman

• phillips

• conventionalist approach

aries

wagg

brannen

postman

phillips

conventionalist approach

demogrpahy

• birth rates

• reasons for declining birth rates

• consequences of declining birth rates

• death rates

• reasons for declining death rates

• life expectancy

• reasons for increased life expectancy

• positive consequences of life expectancy

• negative consequences of life expectancy

• migration

• positives of imigration

• negatives of imigration

• globalisation

• negatives of globalisation

• positives of globalisation

birth rates

reasons for decline in birth rates

consequences for declining birth rates

death rates

reasons for declining death rates

life expectancy

reasons for increased life expectancy

positive consequences of life expectancy

negative consequences of life expectancy

migration

positives of imigration

negatives of imigration

globalisation

negatives of globalisation

positives of globalisation