family diversity-modernism 1 Flashcards
key point satistics
2m single parents>make up 1/4 of families with dependent children.
63.4% of sp are in work. majority sp not receive child maintenance payments. 41% children in sp live in related poverty> twice risk of couple families
then and now: sp
sp promotion remained at 25% for decade, 9% fathers(10y), proportion in work 54.1>63.4% over a decade. poverty risk of sp fallen but still twice as likely.
impact of diversity on family Britain
higher divorce rate, less marriages, sp often women (50% afro caraibein family), 10% step family, born outside of marrige 43%> 12% in 1980
functionalism
don’t comment on extent diversity but family performs vital function which meetings needs of both indivudla and wider society. nuclear is dominat family structure
functionalism - parson functional fit theory
nuclear domainait family structure gives a socially mobile / geographically mobile workforce and performs 2 functions: satbailsiton of adult personality/priamry socilaiosn. so sees all the other family types as dysfunctional
new right
anti femisnit/converative veiw
opposing diversity as the growth is source of society’s problems, like functionalist the tradioanl patrachle nuclear family is correct family type with distinct gender roles men and women
why new right pops lone family structure
boys lack male role models, lone mothers can’t dispiplin correctly, likely to be poorer and burden welfare state and tax payers
new right cohabitation v marrige -
cause of lone parent families is cohabiting couples relaitonship to break down
new right cohabitation v marrige -
BENSON
he analysed data on parents over 15k babies and found cohabiting couples have higher breakdown rate in Childs first 3y. theirfore argues couples more stable when married with breakdown higher for cohabiting relationships compared to divorce - 20% compared to 6%
involved willingness of fathers to be involved in life of families during marriage and not married
concluding new right: what they want
to rerun to tradioanl values(value of marrige) to prevent social integration and damage children socials ion
laws and policies we use to access divorce/welfare benefits undermine traditional conventional nuclear family
benson: we need to introduce policys to encourage marrige eg tax credits
criticism of new right(eval)
anne oakly feminist
new right wrongly assumes gender roles are biological- actually social constructs
criticism of new right(eval)
feminist
nuclear family is fundamental cause of gender inequality eg domestic abuse keeps women financially dependent on men
criticism of new right(eval)
the view that marrige
equals commitment but cohabiting doesnt is flawed. oeioke attach different meanings to their social circumstance
criticism of new right(eval)
smart
cohabiting is higher among poorer social groups theirfroe may be poverty that cause breakdown rather than decision to marry
chester: neo conventional family (also eval)
new right exaggerate family diverts, the only diversity occur is where we moved from convetional>Neo conventional
