Ideologies Flashcards
Murdock
4 functions
Sexual
Reproductive
Economic
Socialisation
Parsons
Functional fit theory
Unit of consumption
SOAP
Structural differentiation
Willmott and Young
The family has become privatised, nuclear and more symmertrical
Murray
Welfate state creates dependancy culture and underclass
Benefits = perverse incentive
Dennis and Erdos
Single parent families are detrimental to society
Engels
Monogemous nuclear family allows for intheritance of wealth
Zaretsky
Family is a buffer zone + unit of consumption
Althusser
Ideological state apparatus part of a superstructure
Donzelot
WC families are heavily policed
Sommerville
Position of women in families has improved thanks to law
Ansley
Women are takers of shit
Dobash and Dobash
Marriage is patriarchal and legitimises violence against wives
Dunne
Lesbian couples are more equal due to lack of gender scripts
Stacey // Meadow
Women are better off in postmodern society, more choice + freedom
Oakely
Women experience a duel burden
Mirza
MC women are superwoman, WC women are bad mothers
Backette
Family life is negotiated , 2 way socialisation
Clarke
Marriage is different for everyone
Drifting, struggling, establishing and surfacing couples
Hareven
Life course analysis is more useful than life cycle
Recognises the diversity in the life course
