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Theories of the family
- Marxism
- Conflict
- Marxist theorists believe that
the family provides the
important functions for
capitalism
- feminists believe that the family
reinforces patriarchy and gender
inequality
- feminists believe that the family
reinforces patriarchy and gender
inequality
- Marxist theorists believe that
the family provides the
important functions for
capitalism
- Engels: the origin of the family
- the need for a family arose when the
societies started to value the private
property. system of inheritance became
necessary
- Engels argues that monogamy
is needed and the family was
created. the family serves the
interests of the econnomy
- Engels argues that monogamy
is needed and the family was
created. the family serves the
interests of the econnomy
- the need for a family arose when the
societies started to value the private
property. system of inheritance became
necessary
- Zaretsky-how the family benefits
- family serves capitalism by offering
emotional security from the
oppressive world of work
- family provides emotional warmth to encourage workers
to go to work
- family provides emotional warmth to encourage workers
to go to work
- family serves capitalism by offering
emotional security from the
oppressive world of work
- Althusser and Poulantzas
- family is seen to serve the functions of an ideological state
apparatus by socialising both pro-capitalist ideology and familiar
ideology ~ its own similar ideology in order to maintain such
family patterns
- feminists argue that
Althusser and Poulantzas
ignore the fact that such a
family ideology supports
patriarchy because it suggests
men and women should have
separate roles
- feminists argue that
Althusser and Poulantzas
ignore the fact that such a
family ideology supports
patriarchy because it suggests
men and women should have
separate roles
- family is seen to serve the functions of an ideological state
apparatus by socialising both pro-capitalist ideology and familiar
ideology ~ its own similar ideology in order to maintain such
family patterns
- Marxist theories
- Marxist views of family suggests
that the family provides emotional
support for the workers and it helps
them accept the injustices of the
capitalist system
- feminists believe that Marxists emphasis on the social class and
capitalism underestimates the importance of gender inequalities in
the family
- feminists believe that Marxists emphasis on the social class and
capitalism underestimates the importance of gender inequalities in
the family
- Marxist views of family suggests
that the family provides emotional
support for the workers and it helps
them accept the injustices of the
capitalist system
- Conflict
- Functionalism
- consensus
- functionalists believe that the family
performs the correct functions for
individuals and society
- new right> family is the cornerstone of society
- new right> family is the cornerstone of society
- functionalists believe that the family
performs the correct functions for
individuals and society
- Theories
- Murdock
- He argues that the family is universal and its
exists everywhere and it performs the 4 main functions
- stable satisfaction of the sex drive
- Reproduction of the next generation
- socialisation of the young (primary
socialisation)
- economic needs
- e,g, shelter and food
- e,g, shelter and food
- shares norms and values
- economic needs
- without this society cannot continue
- socialisation of the young (primary
socialisation)
- socially acceptable to avoid social disruption
- Reproduction of the next generation
- stable satisfaction of the sex drive
- Marxists and feminists reject his 'rose tinted'
consensus view that the family meets all the
needs required
- He argues that the family is universal and its
exists everywhere and it performs the 4 main functions
- Murdock
- Parsons
- every family in every society holds two
basic functions: primary socialisation
and stabilisation of adult personalities
- family gives individual adult a 'safety valve' where they can relax~ escape stress
- parsons believes the structure
of the family suits the economy
at the time best
- family is geographically mobile -
can easily move to new centres of
production
- family is geographically mobile -
can easily move to new centres of
production
- family gives individual adult a 'safety valve' where they can relax~ escape stress
- parsons view of the socialisation process is criticised for being too deterministic
- every family in every society holds two
basic functions: primary socialisation
and stabilisation of adult personalities
- consensus
- The New Right- right wing (1993)
- founding father: Charles Murray, not traditionally a sociological theory
- Charles Murray and other new right theorists take functionalists assumptions and attempt to apply them to social policy
- assumptions
- pro famalistic, nuclear family is universal, view the nuclear family positively and against diversity.
- pro famalistic, nuclear family is universal, view the nuclear family positively and against diversity.
- assumptions
- Charles Murray and other new right theorists take functionalists assumptions and attempt to apply them to social policy
- founding father: Charles Murray, not traditionally a sociological theory
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