Family & Households (Paper 2)

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What is family?
To understand the range of family structures, households, and marital relationships.
20  cards
FUNCTIONALISM
1) To break down ideas around family structures and functions 2) To understand functionalist perspectives 3) To understand criticisms of functionalist perspectives
26  cards
MARXISM
1)To understand Marxists perspective 2)To understand the ways the family serves the needs of capitalism 3)To understand criticism of Marxist perspective
15  cards
FEMINISM
1)To understand three branches of Feminist perspective: 1-Liberal 2-Radical 3-Marxist 2)To understand criticisms of Feminist perspectives
31  cards
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
To understand the reasons for and extent for and extent of domestic violence in the UK.
18  cards
ROLES IN THE HOME
1)To understand how the nature of marital roles have changed in the areas of -Housework -Childcare -Decision making -Leisure 2)To understand key reasons why these relationships have changed 3)To understand the impact of paid work on marital relationships -To understand criticisms of the theories
34  cards
FAMILY DIVERSITY
1)To understand current patterns for marriage, cohabitation,divorce and remarriage. 2)To understand key reasons why these patterns have changed,including legal,cultural and social changes 3)To understand criticisms of the theories
13  cards
Interpreting Family Diversity
1)To understand New Right interpretations of family diversity and criticisms of New Right interpretations 2)To understand Postmodernists interpretations of family diversity and criticisms of Post Modernists interpretations.
22  cards
CHILDHOOD
1)To understand theories on the changing nature of childhood 2)To understand cultural differences on the experience of childhood
25  cards
DEMOGRAPHY
1)To understand the patterns of and reason for changes demographics
37  cards
SOCIAL POLICY
1)To understand the positive and negative ways social policy and laws can impact on families.
11  cards

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