Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Functionalist perspective
on family and social policy
- Society is built on harmony and
consensus (shared values),
free from major conflicts
- Social policies and
state benefit everyone
- Policies help families
perform functions effectively
- Welfare state supports
family through NHS,
education policies, benefits
- Criticisms
- Assumes all family members
benefit from social policies
- Feminists argue the
majority benefit men
- Assumed 'march
of progress'
- Marxists argue policies
can also reverse change
- e.g. cutting
benefits for
poor families