What is the role of the family for the individual and society?
4.2What the syllabus asks of you
- Functionalist views: How the family benefits its members and society
- Functionalist views: Functions of the family
- Functionalist views: The loss of functions debate
- Functionalist views: How family functions have changed over time
- Functionalist views: ‘Warm bath’ theory
- Functionalist views: Importance of the nuclear family
- Marxist views: How the family benefits capitalism
- Marxist views: Exploitation of family members
- Marxist views: Reproduction of class inequalities
- Marxist views: Family as a unit of consumption
- Marxist views: Family and ideological control
- Feminist views: How the family benefits patriarchy and male power
- Feminist views: The domestic division of labour
- Feminist views: Domestic violence and abuse
- Feminist views: Joint and segregated conjugal roles
- Feminist views: Dual burden / triple shift
- Feminist views: Decision-making
- Feminist views: Gendered socialisation
- Strengths and limitations of functionalist, Marxist and feminist views of the role of the family
- Debates about whether the experience of family life is positive or negative for family members
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Chapter 4: What is the role of the family for the individual and society?
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