November mock - key info

Question 1

what does socially mobile mean (parsons)

Answer 1

that the nuclear family is no longer an extended one and so the children will leave home and get a job elsewhere and start a new family
- structurally isolated
- more emphasis on achieved status because they are not working in the family

Question 2

2 criticisms of Murdocks 4 functions

Answer 2

• rose tinted view of family (expand with marxist or fem)
• many other institutions can perform these functions such as reproductive or economic

Question 3

what two things does parsons talk about in his functional fit theory

Answer 3

geographically mobile workforce

socially mobile workforce

Question 4

2 criticisms of marxist view of family

Answer 4

• ignores benefits of family
• ignores variety of family structures and assumes dominance of nuclear family

Question 5

what does zaretsky talk about (theories of family)

Answer 5

ideological function

unit of consumption - pester power

Question 6

explain ideological function and who said it

Answer 6

zaretsky
socialised into hierarchy in the family so that you are prepared for the working life and see it as natural

Question 7

overview of radical feminists view of family

Answer 7

men are enemy - source of oppression

family and marriage are key institutions that oppress women (dual burden triple shift)

Question 8

Ainsley on the family

Answer 8

marxist feminist
absorb anger and are takers of shit

reserve army of labour
reproduce the next generation of workers

Question 9

criticisms of personal life

Answer 9

• ignores how special marriage is and the importance of it in the family
• is too broad a look at family life

Question 10

overview of personal life

Answer 10

focuses on meanings of relationships and the choices people have

Question 11

what does personal life talk about

Answer 11

beyond blood ties
- significance decreased
- chosen family, fictive kin, adoptive children etc
- smart: social relationships over gender bond (donor conceived children)

Question 12

who talks about donor conceived children and the theory

Answer 12

smart - personal life

Question 13

how much housework a week do men do compared to women according to a 2010 survey

Answer 13

8 hours compared to a woman’s 13

Question 14

what do Ferri and Smith talk about (couples)

Answer 14

Fewer than 4% of families demonstrated the father as taking on responsibility for childcare.

Question 15

what is evidence that equality in couples are improving

Answer 15

young men doing more work - Man Yee Kan

Question 16

4 reasons for decline in birth rate

Answer 16

• position of women (contraception, divorce, harper etc)
• low infant mortality
• economic liability
• child centred

Question 17

who talks about the death rate and what do they say

Answer 17

Tranter !

• over 3/4 of decline from 1800s to 70’s due to less deaths from infectious diseases eg. smallpox
  most decline from child/young adult deaths now cancer and heart diseases replace those infection so older ppl causing it to rise

Question 18

even if smoking has reduced, what has replaced it

how is this evaluated

Answer 18

obesity

harper: moving towards an American health culture where we have unhealthy lifestyles but a long lifespan achieved by medication and healthcare

Question 19

structured dependancy def

Answer 19

old are excluded from paid work so they are economically dependant

our identity and status is determined by role in production

Question 20

what did the government use to ban smoking

Answer 20

menthol filters help reduce nicotine and tar levels by filtering it out

Question 21

what is the average age nearly at now and what does this tell us

Answer 21

40 !
due to low birthrate and high death rate

Question 22

what does Hirsch suggest we need to deal with an ageing population

Answer 22

need new policies
for example paying more taxes or raising retirement age.
housing policy may have to change to encourage older people to ‘trade down’ into smaller housing

Question 23

net migration - what is it for UK

Answer 23

The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration. expressed as net increase or decrease

HIGH - more immigrants

Question 24

how does immigration affect dependancy ratio

Answer 24

• working so helps lower
  BUT
• more children thereby increasing ratio
  BUT
  -longer a group is settled in the country the closer their fertility rate comes to national average reducing overall impact

Question 25

4 types of migrants

Answer 25

• permanent settlers
  -temporary workers
  -spouses
  -forced migrants (refugee, asylum seeker)

Question 26

3 classes of migrant

Answer 26

citizens - full citizenship like voting, benefits

denizens - privileged foreign nationals welcomed by state - work for a multinational company

helots - literally slaves, most exploited, seen as ‘disposable units of labour power’. ex: illegally trafficked workers

Question 27

who talks about the 3 classes of migrants

Answer 27

COHEN

Question 28

what does Eade argue about those who are second gen

Answer 28

create hierarchy for identity
religion then ethnicity then nationality

Question 29

what does transnational mean and who talks about it

Answer 29

Erikesen

globalisation = more diversity so ppl r less likely to see themselves belonging to one group

Question 30

Eriksen on multiculturalism

Answer 30

may pretend to accept migrants wanting a separate cultural identity but in practice is limited

Two aspects:
Shallow diversity - something acceptable to the state (chicken tikka masala as national dish
Deep diversity - something the state doesn’t allow - arranged marriage / veiling of women

Question 31

what does vertovec talk about

Answer 31

super diversity

Question 32

explain super diversity and who talks about its

Answer 32

vertovec
migrants now come from wider range of countries
even in ethnic groups there is religious and cultural diversity too