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Mind Map by phil sampson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by phil sampson
about 11 years ago
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Role of the family in society
- Functionalist Perspective
- Murdock - Universal functions of the family
- Studied 250 societies identified 4
functions of the family
- Sexual - limiting sexuality to monogamous
relationships preventing conflct from sexual desire
- Reproductive - Ensure reproduction of a
new generation vital for society
- Economic - Acts as economic unit,
ensuring survival of members by
providing food & shelter
- Educational - Provides a stable
environment in which children can
be socialised into the culture of
society
- Sexual - limiting sexuality to monogamous
relationships preventing conflct from sexual desire
- Studied 250 societies identified 4
functions of the family
- Parsons - basic functions of the family
- Primary Socialisation
- Stabilisation of adult personalities
- Changing family structure
- Family changes to fit the needs of
different types of society
- Industry required geographically mobile
workforce, difficult to achieve with
extended family
- Socially mobile workforce necessary
- extended family status largely ascribed
- extended family status largely ascribed
- Family changes to fit the needs of
different types of society
- Changing functions of the family
- As society changes family loses some of its functions
- Pre industrial carried out many functions in
industrial society specialist institutions take over
some of these functions this is called structural
differentiation
- An example of this is family healthcare and support
which has been took over by the welfare state
- As society changes family loses some of its functions
- Primary Socialisation
- Murdock - Universal functions of the family
- Marxist Perspective
- Economic Base and Superstructure
- Power of bourgeoise stems fro means of production
- Land, Capital, Machinery and labour power
- Land, Capital, Machinery and labour power
- Capitalism - Ruling class (Bourgeoise) and
Working Class employees (Proletariat)
- Because they control economic base they were able to control non
economic institutions of society (media, government, religion and family)
- Explains why Marxists see family as shaped in ruling class interests
- Power of bourgeoise stems fro means of production
- Societal studies
- Engels - family developed so that men could be certain of childrens paternity and controlling
womens sexuality ensuring them property inherited to offspring
- Zaretsky - Family is a prop to the capitalist system
- Unpaid domestic labour of housewives reproduces workers at no cost to employers
- The Family consumes commodities produced by capitalist companies
- Provides comfort to alienated workers to carry on working
- Unpaid domestic labour of housewives reproduces workers at no cost to employers
- Engels - family developed so that men could be certain of childrens paternity and controlling
womens sexuality ensuring them property inherited to offspring
- Economic Base and Superstructure
- Feminist perspective
- The family is a patriarchal institution maintaining
male power and dominance
- Radical Feminists -
Patriarchal nuclear family
dominates
- Fail to acknowledge improvements
- Fail to acknowledge improvements
- Postmodern feminists -
more aware of increasing
diversity
- Liberal feminists - accept
some moves towards
equality
- Emphasised Gender stratification
- The family is a patriarchal institution maintaining
male power and dominance
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