Family Diversity

Question 1

Modernism and the nuclear family

Answer 1

Functionalism
the new right- cohabitation versus marriage
Chester the neo-conventional family
Rappaport five types of family diversity

Question 2

Post-modernism and family

Answer 2

Stacey post modern families- individualisation theses
Giddens choice and equality-pure relationships, same-sex couples as pioneers
Beck negotiated family-zombie family
The personal life perspective-criticism individualisation theses, connected thesis, class and gender, The power of structures