age inequalities

Question 1

Age inequality for the elderly has to occur to allow younger generations to take control of the family

Answer 1

Parsons

Question 1

explanation 1

Answer 1

Age inequality for the elderly has to occur to allow younger generations to take control of the family

Question 2

Age inequality for the elderly has to occur to allow younger generations to take control of the family (parson)

Answer 2

• Suggests that society is in agreement over social roles
• The reduced roles attached to old age are necessary for social stability.
• Old people disengage from their central role in the family to allow space for their children to raise their own families, control the household

Question 3

explanation 2

Answer 3

Age inequality for the elderly has to occur to allow younger generations to be productive at work

Question 4

Age inequality for the elderly has to occur to allow younger generations to be productive at work

Answer 4

cumming and Henry

Question 5

Age inequality for the elderly has to occur to allow younger generations to be productive at work (cumming and Henry)

Answer 5

• that the way society treats the old has positive benefits for society
• The ageing process and societies reaction to is part of the process by which the elderly (either through choice and legislation) are encouraged to abandon their occupational roles within the specialised division of labour
• The process of social disengagement allows the younger population to take their place in the labour market with minimum distortion
• This is essential as young people need to be productive and are perhaps more productive than the older generation

Question 6

explanation 3

Answer 6

Age inequality for the young has to occur to allow young people to cope with the challenges of adult life

Question 7

Age inequality for the young has to occur to allow young people to cope with the challenges of adult life

Answer 7

Eisenstadt

Question 8

Age inequality for the young has to occur to allow young people to cope with the challenges of adult life
(Eisenstadt)

Answer 8

• Saw adolescence as a stage for developing independence
• youths need to go from the ascribed status of a child to achieved status as an individual adult.
• breaking away from the family home is difficult and emotionally stressful and that youths do face an element of inequality due to the juggling of work, home, education, friends, relationships, social pressures
• functionalists say this is necessary
• Youth culture often provides a forum for the frustrations during this period and process
• outh culture is inherently binding in that shared interests with peers creates a sense of community that help young people get through the struggles

Question 9

explanation 4

Answer 9

Age inequalities are the result of anomie

Question 10

Age inequalities are the result of anomie

Answer 10

Durkheim

Question 11

anomie

Answer 11

• Durkheim
• Anomie is a state of normlessness caused by rapid societal upheaval and change

Question 12

Age inequalities are the result of anomie (Durkheim)

Answer 12

• Anomie suicide is due to people not knowing where they fit in their society
• when someone lives in a constant state of disappointment as new expectations are placed upon them before they are able to judge whether or not they met previous expectations
• RCPCH 2021: suicide is one of the leading causes of death in children and young people
• simply evidence to support the view that both young and old people’s tendencies to remove themselves from social life is due to them experiencing anomie and no longer knowing what their role is supposed to be in society