Changing Family Flashcards
What policy came into place in 1969 ?
Divorce law reform act
^ came into effect in 1971
What policy came into place in 1996 ?
Family law act
^ encourages couples to seek mediation but allows divorce by agreement after a ‘period of reflection’
What policy came into place in 2014 ?
Same sex marriages became legal - same grounds for divorce
Renvolze (P)
Many lone - parent families are female - headed, mothers are single by choice maybe due to abuse
Murray (P)
Sees growth of lone parent families as a result of overgenerous welfare state providing benefits
^ solution: abolish welfare benefits
Ferri and Smith (P)
Step families are very similar to nuclear families in all major respects
Stonewall (P)
Estimates about 5-7% of adult population today have same - sex partnerships
Chester (P)
Argues for most people, cohabitation is part of the process of getting married
Mirza (ED)
High rates of lone - parent families reflects the high value black women place on independence
Reynolds (ED)
Many ‘lone parents’ are in stable non - cohabiting relationships
Ballard (ED)
Found extended family ties provided an important source of support among Asian migrants during the 1950s and 60s
Willmort (ED)
Argues extended family continues to exist as a ‘dispersed extended family’ - relatives are geographically separated but maintain contact through visits and phone calls
Fletcher (ID)
Higher expectations of marriage make couples less willing to tolerate an unhappy marriage
Brannen (ED)
Beanpole Family:
. Extended vertically: through 3 or more generations
. Not extended horizontally: not involve aunts, uncles, cousins, etc…
Mitchell and Goody (ID)
An important change since the 1960s has been rapid decline in the stigma attached to divorce
