Personal Life Perspective on family Flashcards
1
Q
What approach does PLP take?
A
a micro or ‘bottom up’ approach
2
Q
How does PLP criticise other theories?
A
Func, Fem + Marxists
-too focused on nuclear family
-out of date
-too macro / top down
3
Q
What does the PLP say? (summarised)
A
you need to go ‘beyond ties of blood and marriage’ and to look at how individuals see their family
4
Q
Who is the key thinker for PLP ?
A
Carol Smart
5
Q
What does Smart research?
A
donor-conceived children
6
Q
What does PLP draw our attention to?
A
to a range of other personal relationships that are important to people even though they may not be conventionally defined as ‘family’
7
Q
How can PLP be criticised?
A
takes too broad a view, ignore what is special about relationships that are based on blood or marriage
