Family Diversity- S Flashcards
KEY SOCIOLOGISTS
1
Q
Parsons
A
nuclear family is functional fit for modern society
2
Q
chester
A
nuclear family is ideal/ will be apart at one point
3
Q
laslett
A
studied 1550-1800, families always nuclear (late birth, short LE)
4
Q
WILLMOTT
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Dispersed extended family
5
Q
rapaports
A
reasons for family diversity= organisation/culture/social class/family life cycle/cohort life cycle
6
Q
Weston
A
same sex couples create a ‘family of choice’
7
Q
beck
A
negotiated family
8
Q
smart
A
connectedness thesis
9
Q
benson=o
A
couples more stable when married –> gov should encourage
10
Q
smart=o
A
rate of cohabitation higher in poorer social groups = poverty causes breakdown not marriage
11
Q
chester
A
neo convenctional family
12
Q
Anderson
A
exchange theory
13
Q
may
A
giddens and beck view of individual is simply an ‘idealised version of a white middle class man’
