Family Diversity

Question 1

Chester

Answer 1

Neo-conventional family

FD is exaggerated, only real change is nuclear family is now dual earning.

Question 2

Rapoport’s

Answer 2

Divesity crucial to understand society and diversity is good as fits all ppl’s needs

5 types of diversity :

• Generational
• Class
• Cultural
• Organisational
• Life stage

Question 3

Stacey

Answer 3

Greater freedom and choice benefits women.

Women can shape family arrangement to meet needs

Divorced extended family, families now link through divorce, e.g. one woman has friends with ex’s new bird. this links the 2 families

Question 4

Beck

Answer 4

Negotiated family
Zombie family
Tradition has less impact

Question 5

Benson

Answer 5

15,000 couples studied, within first 3 years of babies life 20% cohabiting couples split and only 6% of marriages split.

Shows marriage and the nuclear family is strongest.

Question 6

Weeks

Answer 6

Family diversity is accepted but not ideal

Question 7

Giddens and Beck

Answer 7

Individualisation thesis

as class, religion etc all have less importance, ppl do whatever they want now, do it all for themselves.

Question 8

Giddens

Answer 8

The Pure family

No tradition so people are together to satisfy their needs and when their needs are done or they aren’t happy they leave.

Giddens sees gays as pioneers of this as they cldnt ever get married so best at showing how to have relationship without tradition governing em.

Question 9

Counter for Pure Family

Answer 9

Causes instability

Question 10

Beck

Answer 10

Negotiated - same as pure

Zombie Family - As PM society so instable, people think the family is a secure haven, but its not as they can leave whenever. Therfore its like a zombie, looks secure but it isn’t, same way zombie looks alive but its dead.

Question 11

Smart

Answer 11

Connectedness thesis -

We are in a web of connectedness, all decisions are made with context to who it will affect, e.g. kids.