Theories of the Family

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Theories of the Family
  1. Positive views of the family
    1. Functionalist theories
      1. GP Murdock
        1. 'Family is a universal institution'
          1. Four major functions
            1. Stable satisfaction of the sex drive
              1. Reproduction of next generation
                1. Socialisation of young
                  1. Meeting it's members economic needs
                2. Criticisms
                  1. Marxists & Feminists
                    1. 'Rose tinted'
                      1. Neglects conflict and exploitation
                        1. Meets needs of men - oppresses women
                          1. Meets needs of capitalism - not family members and society
                      2. Talcott Parsons
                        1. 'Every family has two basic functions'
                          1. Primary socialisation of children
                            1. Children learn basic elements of culture through family
                              1. Criticisms
                                1. 'Too deterministic'
                                  1. Attempts at socialisation can be resisted by children
                                    1. Socialisation is a 'two way process'
                                      1. Adults are not 'all powerfull'
                                  2. Stabilisation of adult personalities
                                    1. Family acts as 'safety valve'
                                      1. An escape from the outside world
                                        1. Provides emotional security
                                        2. Criticisms
                                          1. Marxist
                                            1. Zaretsky
                                              1. Family is 'a servant of the capitalist state'
                                                1. No cost to employers
                                                2. The family 'provides a distraction from the harsh realities of captitalism'
                                        3. The theory of 'fit'
                                          1. Dominant family type meets needs of the economy of the time
                                            1. Nuclear family fits needs of industrial economy
                                              1. Geographically mobile
                                                1. Not reliant on wider kin
                                              2. Criticisms
                                                1. Wilmott & Young
                                                  1. Pre-industrial society was nuclear - not extended
                                            2. Evalualtion
                                              1. Analysis of nuclear family based around the middle class American version
                                                1. Parsons
                                                  1. Work published in 50's - no longer relevant
                                                    1. Westerns societies have become multi-cultural
                                                  2. Feminist
                                                    1. 'functionalists ignore 'the dark side' of the family'
                                                      1. Conflict
                                                        1. Male dominance
                                                          1. Child abuse
                                                          2. Insufficient attention to the 'dysfunctions of the family
                                                        2. Basic func views
                                                          1. Importaince of nuclear family
                                                          2. New Right thoeries
                                                          3. Critical views of the family
                                                            1. Marxist theories
                                                              1. Feminist theories
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