Theories Of The Family : The Personal Life Perspective On Families Flashcards
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What do they state about the other theories on the family ?
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They state that they suffer from 2 weaknesses : 1. They tend to assume that the traditional nuclear family is the most dominant family type. 2. They are all structural theories.
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What is the sociology of personal life ?
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It is strongly influenced by the interaction its approach and argues that to understand families we must start from the point of the individuals concerned and the meaning they give to their relationships. his emphasises the meanings that individual family members hold and how these shape their actions and relationships.
