Diversity Flashcards
(23 cards)
Functionalist view on diverse families
Considered dysfunctional since they are less able to perform the functions required of the family.
New right view on lone parent families
Lone mothers cannot discipline their children.
No male role model results in educational failure, delinquency, and social instability.
Poorer and a burden on the welfare state.
What is the main reason for lone parent families according to the new right
Collapse of relationships between cohabiting couples
Benson’s evidence that married couples are more stable
The rate of divorce among married couples is lower than the rate of breakups among cohabiting couples
What laws and plocies do the new right view as undermining to the conventional family
Easy access to divorce, gay marriage and widespread availability of welfare benefits
What is Chester’s Neo-conventional family
A dual-earner family in which both spouses go out to work and not just the husband.
What evidence did Chester find that little has changed
Most live in a house headed by married couple.
Most children are reared by their two natural parents.
Cohabitation is a temporary phase before marrying or re-marrying.
Although births outside marriage have increased, most are jointly registered.
What are the five types of diversity according to Rapport and Rapport
Organisational diversity
Cultural diversity
Social class diversity
Life-stage diversity
Generational diversity
Organisational diversity
Some couples have joint conjugal roles and two wage-earners, while others have segregated conjugal roles and one wage-earner.
Cultural diversity-
There are more lone-parent families among African-Caribbean households and more extended families among Asian households.
Social class diversity
Differences are the result of income differences between households of different social classes.
Life-stage diversity
Young newlyweds, couples with dependent children, retired couples, and widows who are living alone.
Generational diversity
Older and younger generations have different attitudes and experiences that reflect the historical periods in which they have lived.
What is Stacy’s divorce extended family
A family whose members are connected by divorce rather than marriage.
Giddens and Beck’s individualisation thesis
Traditional social structures such as class, gender, and family have lost much of their influence over us.
Becks theory based on the individualisation thesis
‘Standard biography’ has been replaced by the ‘do-it-yourself biography’ that individuals today must construct for themselves.
What is Giddens’ pure relationship
A relationship that exists solely to satisfy each partner’s needs.
Impact of pure relationship on the individual
Self-discovery or self-identity: trying different relationships becomes a way of establishing ‘who we are’.
How does Giddens see same-sex relationship
Leading the way toward new family types and creating more democratic and equal relationships.
How are same-sex coupled pioneers
Not influenced by tradition like heterosexuals are, relationships are based on choice rather than traditional roles.
What is Beck and Beck-Gernsheim’s ‘negotiated family’
Do not conform to the traditional family norm. They enter the relationship on an equal basis.
How do we live according to the connectedness thesis
Within networks of existing relationships that strongly influence our range of choices in relationships.
