what did Murdock study in 1949?

what did Leach 1967 say?

who promotes the nuclear family?

Young and Wilmott 1973?

Smart 1999

arguments that the nuclear family is still important in society

arguments that the nuclear family is not important in society

what did Murray say?

What did Murdock say about the extended family?

anderson 1971

Finch and Mason 1993

evidence of secularisation

reasons for the decrease in marriage

price of wedding statistic

Roseneil and Budegeon 2004

arguments that marriage is still important

Divorce is increasing:
Legal Aid and Advice Act?
Divorce Reform Act?

Divorce is increasing:
Matrimonial Proceedings Act?
Family Law Act?
Practice Direction?

Reasons for an increase in divorce

Rodgers and Pryor 1998:

why couples cohabit:

Reasons for having kids later

'Social change, family formation and kin relationships'

birth rate trends

reasons for long term decline in birth rates

'After I've done the mum thing'

factors affecting birth rate, causing reduced birthrate

reasons for increase age for childbirth

what is the crude birth rate

total fertility rate (TFR)

average women had ? number of children in:
1871
1921
2012

Beck and Beck Gernsheim 1995:

Decline in mortality

types of family

advantages of an ageing population

disadvantages of an ageing population

causes of an ageing population

Abortion Act

baby booms

births outside of marriage increasing

The Rapoport 1982, classify family diversity in 5 ways:

criticisms of the Rapoports

Conjugal Roles

Weeks et al 1999

cultural diversity: African-Caribbeans

Dale et al 2004

South Asian families

Singh 2003

social class and family: poverty

social class and family

sexuality and family

laws permitting sexual diversity in families

New Right and family diversity (Dennis 1993)

organic analogy (functionalism)

Murdock 1949: 4 functions of the nuclear family

Engles 1884 (marxist)

Engles' view on the family 1884

Critique of Engles

Zaretsky 1976 (updated Marxist theory)

Zaretsky's view on the Family

challenge to Zaretsky: Poulantzas (1969)

Critique of Zaretsky

Althusser 1970

Ideological State Apparatuses

Zaretsky and Althusser

Radical feminism and the family

Delphy and Leonard 1992 (radical feminist)

Somerville 2000 (liberal feminist)

Benston 1972 (Marxist feminist)

Feminist theory of the family: radical feminists.

Feminist theory of the family: radical feminists.
Greer (2000)

Feminist theory of the family: Marxist feminists.

Feminist theory of the family: Marxist feminists.
Benston 1972

Feminist theory of the family: Marxist feminists.
Ansley 1972

roles of grandparents

Feminist theory of the family: Liberal feminists.

Feminist theory of the family: Liberal feminists.
Somerville (2000)

Feminist theory of the family: Difference feminists.

postmodernist views on the family
Giddens 1992

postmodernist views on the family
Giddens: positives and negatives

postmodernist views on the family
Beck and Beck-Gernshein (1995)

postmodernist views on the family
Beck and Beck-Gernshein (1995)
positives and negatives

postmodernist views on the family
Stacey 1996

postmodernist views on the family
Stacey 1996
positives and negatives

joint conjugal roles vs segregated conjugal roles

conjugal roles in contemporary UK
BSAS and BTUS

conjugal roles in contemporary UK

Power and Decision Making

Duncombe and Marsden 1995

the symmetrical family

lesbian households

cultural and social variations in the family

changing role of grandparents

domestic violence definition

Guardian stat on domestic violence

stats on domestic violence

Nazroo's (1999) critique of such statistics

Explanation of domestic abuse:
Psychological theories

Explanation of domestic abuse:
Dysfunctional partnerships 1

Explanation of domestic abuse:
Dysfunctional partnerships 2

Explanation of domestic abuse:
Male Dominance

parents and childcare:
Child Centredness

parents and childcare:
Child Centredness critique

parents and childcare:
Changing gender roles and fathers part 1

parents and childcare:
Changing gender roles and fathers part 2

parents and childcare:
good and bad parenting

Willmott (1988)

Trend of household size decreasing evidence and reasons

trend of family size decreasing, evidence and reasons

trend of marriage rates decreasing evidence and reasons

trend of increased cohabitation evidence and reasons

trend of divorce increasing long term, evidence and reasons

trends in parenting (more single parents and parents later on in life)
evidence and reasons

evidence for secularisation