Perspectives on the family Flashcards
How does the family support capitalism?
Creates a unit of consumption-engles
The inheritance of wealth through families
Teaching children to know their place within society
What is the proletariat?
The people who sell their labour in order to live.
Who are the bourgeoisie
The people who own the means of production
What was parsons functional fit theory?
The pre industrial family was extended
The industrial society was suited to the nuclear family.
What were Murdocks 4 basic functions and what did they do?
Monogamy teaches morals
Economic crates demand
Reproductive keeps society going
Social creates stable adult personalities
Name the two gender roles.
Expressive and instrumental
What are the four types of feminism ?
Liberal - rights and equal pay
Marxist -women are takers of shit
Radical - men are the enemy
Difference - too many different types of situation
What is the personal life perspective?
The idea that the term family can no longer be used because it is different to different families
How does the personal life perspective see the family?
from the bottom up, families need to be studied to understand family
What does murray think?
From the new right perspective he believes that the nuclear family is the best type because it provides the correct amount of socialisation
According to the new right what is the downfall of society
Single mothers
What creates a culture of dependancy
Welfare Benifits
What are the critisisms of the Marxist perspective
It does not account for the positives of a capitalist society.
How families work in non capitalist socities
