family diversity- postmodernism 2 Flashcards
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1-cultural diversity
different cult/religions/ethcnitcy have different family structures/expericnes. afro carebein more lone parents. south asian more tradiotnal/patriahcle, extended more likely.
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cultural diversity immigration
immigration into Britain in last 60y has helped greater ethnic diversity. census 2001 showed 92.1% uk pop(54m) where white. also argued male unemployment/poverty mean black men less able to provide for family= reservations higher rate and marital breakdown. in 2002 over 1/2 of families with dependent children are now headed by black person
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cultural diversity asain families
larger, less likely spf. contain 3 gen but considered nuclear rather than extended. since higher proportion child bearing age groups compared to pop as whole creating mini baby boom in number of children born in uk.
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2organisational diversity
different family type structures eg lone parent families and reconstituted families. number of nuclear families fell from 52% 1961 to 36% 2009.
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ORGANSATIONAL DIVERSITY ONS
in their social trends 40 report: 28% of homes are in sp household and 29% contain childless couple. this upped from 11% and 26% since 1961
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3class diversity
children from upper middle class and upper class more likely to attend fee paying independent schools. also more likely to board ie live alone from home while at school. wc children more likely to attend local school. partly due to income difference also diff in parents own experience
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4life stage diversity (life cycle)
their can be diversity in terms of individual life time,. this covers such factors as number of children, spacing of children, divorce, remmarige, widowed hood
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5generational diversity (cohort)
a cohort of individuals refers to those born in same year or band. may well be shard historical events eg intro of compressive schools and birth control pill. also diff ideas form young/old
characteristics of postmodernism
diversity/fragmentations
more cultures lifestyles, people can pick and mix and choose identifies
characteristics of postmodernism
diversity/fragmentations
JOHAL WHITE MASK
girls from asian bg want to be westernised by keep part of culture
characteristics of postmodernism
rapid social change
new tech as dissolved old boundaries of time and space and reshaped our habits = familys less stable but gives choice on relationships
stacey:postmoden families
greater freedom befefited women. they’re free from oppression and free to shape their fsamileis arrangements to meet needs.
stacey:postmoden families
case study ao2 silicon valley
used historical interviews with postmodernism families. women main agents in change in family. many women reject traditional role,, return to ed, improved job. they create family better suit to their needs(marrige +divroce) and connected by divorce rather than marrige
the individualisation thesis
inc individuals choice about family/relaitonship. tradioanls structures eg class gender family has lost much of their influence over us. in the past peoples lives were fixed roles that prevented form selecting own life course
the individualisation thesis beck
we have become free ‘disembened’ for tradioanl roles , we have ‘do it yourself’ biography link givens plastic sexuality