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f- Parsons (theories)

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nuclear family is the functional fit for modern life

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f- Parsons (theories)- functions

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socialisation and stabilisation of adult personalities- warm bath theory

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f- Murdock (theories)

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4 functions; sexual, reproduction, socialisation, economic.

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Young and Willmott (theories)

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the pre-industrial family was nuclear.

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New Right- Murray (theories)

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lone parent familes growing from welfare state

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m- Engels (theories)

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inheritance of private property – men want their money going to their kids

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m- Zaretsky (theories)

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cushioning effect- haven’ from the harsh world of capitalism outside

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m- Zaretsky (theories)- UOC

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Unit of consumption- targeted by society to buy

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m- Althusser (theories)

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family socialises the next generation into the ruling class ideology

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Donzelot (theories)

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sees policy as a form of state power and control over families, surveillance

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fe- Benston (theories)

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argued that capitalism benefits from an army of women – an unpaid workforce

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fe- Greer (theories)

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the creation of all-female or ‘matrilocal’ households as an alternative to the heterosexual family.

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fe- Ansley (theories)

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women are the takers of shit

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PM- Giddens (theories)

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traditional norms, such as the duty to remain with the same partner for life, lose their importance - individualisation thesis.

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PM- Stacey (theories)

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women had often created new types of family that better suited their needs- e.g‘divorce extended family’,

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PLP- Smart (theories)

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we live within networks of existing relationships, and these strongly influence our choices in relationships- connectedness thesis.

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Donzelot (impact of policies on family life)

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‘the policing of families’- social workers and doctors use their knowledge to control and change families

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Murray (impact of policies on family life)

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providing ‘generous’ welfare benefits, such as council housing to support lone-parent families, undermines the nuclear family

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Hirsch (impact of policies on family life)

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social policies will need to change to tackle the new problems posed by an ageing population- e.g increase pension age

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Abbott and Wallace (impact of policies on family life)

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cutting benefits would drive many poor families into even greater poverty and make them even less self-reliant.

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Giddens (changing family patterns)

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family and marriage is better due to greater choice and equality

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Rapoport and Rapoport (changing family patterns)

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identified five types of family diversity: cultural, life course, organisational, generational, social class

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Smart (changing family patterns)

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argue that same-sex relationships offer greater possibilities of equality

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Fletcher (changing family patterns)

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argues that the higher expectations people place on marriage today are a major cause of rising divorce rates.

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Chester (changing family patterns)

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cohabitation is part of the process of getting married

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Oakley (gender roles)

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argues that the New Right wrongly assume that husbands and wives’ roles are fixed by biology.

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ferri and smith (gender roles- evidence)

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fathers responsible for kids in less than 4% of homes

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Ball (gender roles- evidence)

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3/70 families studied has the father s the main carer

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Bott (gender roles)

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joint and segregated conjugal roles.

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Willmott and Young (gender roles)

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family roles and relationships have become more symmetrical.

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Parsons (gender roles)

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argues that this division of labour is based on biological differences- expressive and instrumental

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Dobash and Dobash (gender roles)

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argue that marriage legitimates violence against women

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Gershuny (gender roles)

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argues that women working full-time is leading to a more equal division of labour in the home.

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Duncombe and Marsden (gender roles)

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‘triple shift’

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Pahl and Vogler (gender roles)

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allowance and pooling- cohabiting less likely to pool their money

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Edgell (gender roles)

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Men make the most important decisions

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Man Yee Kan (gender roles)

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younger men do more domestic work.

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Dunne (gender roles)

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lesbian couples are symmetrical because of the absence of traditional heterosexual gender norms

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Name some policies

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Divorce reform act
equality act
equal pay act
shared parental leave
same sex marriage act
childrens act

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Palmer (Childhood)

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toxic childhood from technological and cultural changes

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Postman (Childhood)

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childhood is disappearing- from video games, children in adult clothing etc

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Aries (Childhood)

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elements of modern childhood gradually began to emerge from the 13th century onwards.

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Palmer (Childhood)

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children in Bolivia expected to work from 5

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Jenks (Childhood)

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Childhood continues to be a separate status - legal and other restrictions on what children can do separates them from adults.

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Pilcher (Childhood)

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the most important feature of childhood is separateness. Childhood is seen as a clear and distinct life stage.

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Wagg (Childhood)

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Childhood is socially constructed - There is no single universal childhood, experienced by all

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UK Census (demography)

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10 yearly social survey that can give us a variety of quantitative data

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Office for National Statistics (demography)

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The government collects official statistics to use in policy-making - e.g birth rates for school planning

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Shutes (demography)

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reports that 40% of adult care nurses in the UK are migrants, most women

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Hirsch (demography)

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the traditional age ‘pyramid’ is disappearing and being replaced by more or less equal-sized ‘blocks’

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