Family Diversity - 2.7 Flashcards
Modernism & NF (KS)
> Parsons (FF)
> New Right (View on FD)
> Benson’s (NR view on Cohabitation & LPF)
> Chester (Neo-Conventional Family & Life Cycle)
> Rapoport (5 Types of FD)
Parsons (FF)
> Conventional NF w/ biologically biased TDDOL
> Suited to industrial society & family members.
> Alt family types dysfunctional can’t perform necessary functions
New Right (View on FD)
> Opposed FD, share functionalist view, NF only right family, but undermined by divorce laws etc
> Alt’s e.g. LPF unnatural, value of marriage needs reemphasing e.g. benefits 4 married couples
Benson’s (NR view on Cohabitation and LPF)
> Root of LPF e.g. early years of baby life + rate of family breakdown in cohabiting > marriage
A03 NR (KS)
> Oakley (Gender Roles)
Oakley (Gender Roles) A03 NR (KS)
> Not natural but SC, opposing diversity justifies patriarchy oppression & inequality
General Criticisms of NR & Diversity
> No proof LPF kids in = class + likely to be delinquent > those in NF
> Cohabiting due 2 poverty > not wanting 2 marry.
Chester NCF & Life Cycle
> Despite + diversity, NF’s still dominant, only vital change’s move to NF 2 NCF
> NF norm most desire e.g. most ppl marry/w/kids & divorcees remarry
> Household stats misleading don’t look @ most spend majority of lives in NF
> Cohabitation + but most temp phase, extent of FD exaggerated
Rapport’s view on FD
> Central to family & meeting needs +ve not abnormal
Rapport 5 Types of FD
> Organisational
> Cultural
> Social Class
> Life Stages
> Generational
Organisational Diversity - Rapport 5 Types of FD
> Diff in organisation of family roles e.g. some w/ TDDOL or =
Cultural Diversity - Rapport 5 Types of FD
> Diff organisation across cultures & reg
> e.g. + of Afro Caribbean are LPF, + Asians EF
Social Class Diversity - Rapport 5 Types of FD
> Diff vs WC & MC e.g. socialisaiton of kids e.g. PSS v ASS
> WC + dispersed EF’s w/MC isolated.
Life Stages Diversity - Rapport 5 Types of FD
> Diff in organisation based on stage in life cycle
> e.g. Young couples w/kids vs OAP w/ kids left home
Generational Diversity - Rapport 5 Types of FD
> Older & younger gen diff views & exp based on period they’ve lived
> e.g. diff views on SSC & Divorce.
Post-Modernism & NF (KS)
> Stacey (PM Family & Divorce EF)
Morgan (PM & Family)
Giddens (Individualisation)
> Beck (Negotiated Family, Zombie Family)
> Smart (Connectedness Thesis)
Finch & Mason (EF & Connectedness Thesis)
May (Power Structures)
Stacey (PM Family & Divorce EF)
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- choice benefits F, main reason 4 change in FD, reject domestic role
> e.g. free from patriarchal & shape relationships on their needs, can go uni & careers etc.
> Now Divorce EF connections based on divorce > marriage e.g. ex-in-laws etc
Morgan (PM & Family)
> Structuralists generalising family pointless, it’s whoever we decide to call family.
Beck & Giddens (Individualisation)
> Led 2 - of NF + freedom due 2 gender = so relationship less stable
> Now pure relationship satisfy each partners needs, not 4 kids/tradition etc
> Duration based on interest, Contraception allowing sex 4 intimacy > kids
SSC & FD (KS)
> Giddens, Weston, Weeks (SSC Families)
Giddens, Weston & Weeks (SSC Relationships)
> TDDOL nonexist, SSC = based on choice & personal needs > tradition
> Friendship networks = kinship, got choice > who 2 incl. as family
Beck (Negotiated Family)
> Now in ‘risk society’ e.g. tradition 0 influence
> Individualism creates NEF, due 2 + focus on self interest > concern > others
> NF oppressive, but stable w/ clear roles & responsibilities
> but + gender = challenged M domination, F want =
Beck (Zombie Family)
> Seems alive but dead due 2 uncertainty, ppl desire family as safe haven for security in insecure world
> Family unable to provide it due 2 uncertainty
A03 PM & NF (KS)
> Budgeon & May
> PLP
Budgeon & May - A03 PM & NF (KS)
> Choice, exaggerated limited by traditional norms.
> Have idealised view of white MC M, don’t all have = freedom 4 choice in relationships
PLP - A03 PM & NF (KS)
> Not fully disembedded, as personal exp, social context & media, influence choices
Smart’s (Connectedness Thesis)
> Patriarchal ≠, limit relationship choices, not disembeeded still influenced by social context
> e.g. F powerless so trapped in abusive relationships & courts give F kids
> Can’t form new relationships
Finch & Mason (EF & Connectedness Thesis)
> Relationships negotiable but family connections/ obligations restricting freedom to walk away
> e.g. Separated coupes still tied through kids
May’s (Power Structures)
> F recently + rights, but don’t have it all. still expected 2 be straight,
> So lesbians stay in closet limits freedom of choice
