POMO

Question 1

Morgan

Answer 1

we should focus on family practices rather than the family structure.

Question 2

Finch

Answer 2

looked at the concept of family display- sees rituals such as family photographs, family meals as reinforcing sense of togetherness and the family identity.

Question 3

Giddens- confluent love

Answer 3

their use to be a permanent commitment in the past as women needed men for financial reasons and men needed women for looking after children and taking. care of the house. However this has now changed, there is now confluent love whereby individuals need emotional fulfillment

Question 4

Giddens- life script

Answer 4

we all now make our own life script and as a result the nuclear family has now become a option rather than a social norm.

Question 5

Giddens- life course

Answer 5

sees intimate relationships as fluid and open to change as people can pass through their life course

Question 6

Beck and Beck. (individualisation)

Answer 6

individuals are no longer tied to fixed identities and lifestyles now fluid as women are no longer expected to marry or have children.

Question 7

Beck and Beck (risk society)

Answer 7

our social life is now based around the avoidance of risks.- such as not marrying and cohabiting, divorce, one parent families

Question 8

Lyotard

Answer 8

knowledge is no longer relative

Question 9

Bernades

Answer 9

5 characteristics to the nuclear family fluidity, freedom, ambivalence, choice and diversity

Question 10

Stacey

Answer 10

fluidity and diversity in POMO families allows people to have lifestyles and relationships that suit their circumstances.

Question 11

Bauman

Answer 11

contemporary family bonds have weakened there is a lack of certainty about roles and responsibilities