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name the sociologist/s that did each bit of research into families and households. Last names only, following Alevel sociology spec
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functions of the family - sex, money, reproduction (sex) + socialisation
Murdock
functional fit theory, warm bath theory + irreducible functions of the family
Parsons
the preindustrial family was nuclear, not extended as functionalists suggest
Young + Willmott
family have illusion of haven from work but women face domestic servitude
Zaretsky
wives are the "takers of shit" - husbands letting out anger from exploitative work
Ansley
matrilocal all-female households should be created to replace hetrosexual ones
Greer
early society was primate communism - classless without private property
Marx
rate of family breakdown higher in cohabiting couples than married couples
Benson
men and womens roles are not fixed in biology but due to social factors
Oakly
the neo-conventional family with dual earner couple replaced nuclear family
Chester
the symmetrical family where all responsibilities are divided equally
Young + Willmott
increased choice and equality in relationships due to feminism + contraception
Giddens
postmodern families - more diverse + based on active decisions
Stacey
individualisation thesis - traditional structures in society lost influence on us
Giddens + Beck
the pure relationship - relationship exists only to satisfy each partners needs
Giddens
same sex couples are pioneers as they don't have traditional gender roles
Giddens
the negotiated family - members negotiate their roles in relationship
Beck
the zombie family - externally appear alive but is dead, an empty shell
Beck
the connectedness thesis - relationships are interconnected, affect each other
Smart
social policy is a form of state power and allows control over the family
Donzelot
new right perspective on social policy, policies should promote nuclear family
Almond
welfare benefits bad as they encourage lone parent households + dependency
Murray
gender regimes - social policy can be familistic (traditional) or individualistic
Drew
people place higher expectations on marriage + divorce if marriage is unhappy
Fletcher
living apart together couples are in committed relationships but not cohabiting
Duncan + Phillips
families separated geographically still have close bonds eg the beanpole family
Bell
state unwilling to support elderly as of no use to capitalism so female relatives do
Phillipson
paranoid parenting where parents obsessed over threats to their children
Furedi
toxic childhood - rapid cultural + technological changes have harmed children
Palmer
childhood is disappearing + children are becoming more similar to adults
Postman
childhood is socially constructed, children used to be mini adults w/out childhood
Aries
patriarchal society allows violence towards wives as they are seen as property
Dobash + Dobash
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