family diversity-modernism 1

Question 1

key point satistics

Answer 1

2m single parents>make up 1/4 of families with dependent children.
63.4% of sp are in work. majority sp not receive child maintenance payments. 41% children in sp live in related poverty> twice risk of couple families

Question 2

then and now: sp

Answer 2

sp promotion remained at 25% for decade, 9% fathers(10y), proportion in work 54.1>63.4% over a decade. poverty risk of sp fallen but still twice as likely.

Question 3

impact of diversity on family Britain

Answer 3

higher divorce rate, less marriages, sp often women (50% afro caraibein family), 10% step family, born outside of marrige 43%> 12% in 1980

Question 4

functionalism

Answer 4

don’t comment on extent diversity but family performs vital function which meetings needs of both indivudla and wider society. nuclear is dominat family structure

Question 5

functionalism - parson functional fit theory

Answer 5

nuclear domainait family structure gives a socially mobile / geographically mobile workforce and performs 2 functions: satbailsiton of adult personality/priamry socilaiosn. so sees all the other family types as dysfunctional

Question 6

new right
anti femisnit/converative veiw

Answer 6

opposing diversity as the growth is source of society’s problems, like functionalist the tradioanl patrachle nuclear family is correct family type with distinct gender roles men and women

Question 7

why new right pops lone family structure

Answer 7

boys lack male role models, lone mothers can’t dispiplin correctly, likely to be poorer and burden welfare state and tax payers

Question 8

new right cohabitation v marrige -

Answer 8

cause of lone parent families is cohabiting couples relaitonship to break down

Question 9

new right cohabitation v marrige -
BENSON

Answer 9

he analysed data on parents over 15k babies and found cohabiting couples have higher breakdown rate in Childs first 3y. theirfore argues couples more stable when married with breakdown higher for cohabiting relationships compared to divorce - 20% compared to 6%
involved willingness of fathers to be involved in life of families during marriage and not married

Question 10

concluding new right: what they want

Answer 10

to rerun to tradioanl values(value of marrige) to prevent social integration and damage children socials ion
laws and policies we use to access divorce/welfare benefits undermine traditional conventional nuclear family
benson: we need to introduce policys to encourage marrige eg tax credits

Question 11

criticism of new right(eval)
anne oakly feminist

Answer 11

new right wrongly assumes gender roles are biological- actually social constructs

Question 12

criticism of new right(eval)
feminist

Answer 12

nuclear family is fundamental cause of gender inequality eg domestic abuse keeps women financially dependent on men

Question 13

criticism of new right(eval)
the view that marrige

Answer 13

equals commitment but cohabiting doesnt is flawed. oeioke attach different meanings to their social circumstance

Question 14

criticism of new right(eval)
smart

Answer 14

cohabiting is higher among poorer social groups theirfroe may be poverty that cause breakdown rather than decision to marry

Question 15

chester: neo conventional family (also eval)

Answer 15

new right exaggerate family diverts, the only diversity occur is where we moved from convetional>Neo conventional

Question 16

chester: conventional

Answer 16

nuclear family with trundle division of labour eg wife- housework, husband= breadwinner

Question 17

chester: neo conventional

Answer 17

dual earner wehre both sourpusses go to work

Question 18

chester: argues due to lifestyle

Answer 18

young/divorce- in single paren thosuehold are just not yet married were apart of nuclear family or will be in future