theories

Question 1

the Nayar family

Answer 1

southern India
wives do not live with the man they married.
they have several visiting husbands

Question 2

Matrifocal family

Answer 2

Caribbean &; central america;
large proportion of households don’t contain an adult male.
female headed families.

Question 3

(f) key points of murdock

Answer 3

sexual
reproductive
economic
educational
universal institution.
\+ family has unique functional role
-  ignore dark side of families

Question 4

(f) key points of parsons

Answer 4

-primary socialisation of children.
-The stabilisation of adult personalities.
fam provides stability and emotional security.
warm bath.
theory of fit. (fits an industrial economy)
Expressive role
Instrumental role

Question 5

(m) key points of engels

Answer 5

passing on private property
family serves interest of economy
pass it on to sons - encouraged monogamous marriage.

Question 6

(M) key points of Zaretsky

Answer 6

family serves capitalism by offering emotional security

women is housewife- looks after husband by relieving his frustration as a worker.

Question 7

(M) key points of althusser and poulantzas

Answer 7

ideological state apparatus
socialising individuals into accepting dominant ideology
accepting gender roles

Question 8

(N) key points of charles murray

Answer 8

nuclear fam under threat from too high benefits& diversity
culture of dependency
single parents are most important social problem

Question 9

(N) key points of dennis

Answer 9

children born outside marriage and single mums =poorer health & lower grades
boys without father= immature, irresponsible and anti social

Question 10

(Post) key points of stacey

Answer 10

never be one dominant family type in western culture again.

people can move from one type to another during life time.

Question 11

(Post) key points of haraven

Answer 11

life course analysis

flexibility&variation in family lives

Question 12

(personal) key points

Answer 12

focuses on the meanings individual family members hold and how these shape their actions.
people see many people as family.( pets, friends)

Question 13

(fem) key points of liberal

Answer 13

men involved in key decision making

point out father don’t always get the rights they should

Question 14

(fem) key points of marxists

Answer 14

margaret: women maintain the current work force- provides labour power by producing the future work force
Barrett: serves as a tool to benefit capitalism
keep males in good working order

Question 15

(fem) key points of radical

Answer 15

firestone: tool to serve men , oppress women
gender roles based on biological strength
kate millet: family abolished
women live separately form men.

Question 16

(fem) key points of difference

Answer 16

recognizes increasing family diversity

Nicholson: women are often better off outside traditional families.

Question 17

(I) key points of Backett

Answer 17

being parent involves another socialisation process

parents have to learn to be parents and make sense of meanings they have of their children.

Question 18

(I) key points of clarke

Answer 18

different types of marriage as newly weds seek to make sense of doing marriage and they renegotiate parts of life they took for granted