topic 5 Flashcards
75% of cohabiting couples say they expect to marry
Coast
some wc mothers may chose to live on welfare benefits without a partner, often because they have experienced abuse.
cashmore
new right thinker sees the growth in lone parent families as a result as over-generous welfare state providing benefits for unmarried mothers and their children.
murray
argues that lone parent parent families among blacks dont emerge because of disorganisation but reflects the high value that black women place on their independence.
Mirza
extended families provided a source of support among the asian families 50s and 60s
Ballard
study of swansea found classic 3 generation family all living under one roof is now extinct.
charles
it continues to exist as a disapeared extended family where relatives are geographically separated but maintain frequent contact through visits and phone calls
wilmott
bean pole family- long and thin it extends vertically not horizontally
Brannen
argues that higher expectations of marriage today are a major cause of rising divorce rates. As this makes couples less willing to tolerate an unhappy marriage.
Fletcher
Note that an important change in the 1960s had been the rapid decline in the stigma attached to divorce.
Mitchell and Goody
in modern society traditional norms such as to stay with the same partner for life hold less value over individuals. Instead individuals are freer to pursue their own self interests this is known as the individualisation thesis
Beck and Giddens
argues increased social acceptance may explain the trend towards same-sex cohabitation and stable relationships that mirror hetrosexual ones as gays create family based on the ideas of friendship as kinship he describes these as chosen families.
weeks
fond professional women were able to support their child without fathers involvement
Renvoize
step famiies are very similar to first families and the involvement of step parents are positive. however step families are at greater risk of poverty.
ferri and smith
