Functions of the family Key terms Expressive role- Parsons term for the female function of a mother/housewife‚ looking after children‚ emotional work and caring Instrumental role- Parsons term for the male breadwinner‚ working and earning money for the family Industrialisation- when society moved from agricultural production to industrial manufacturing Nuclear family-a family that consists of a mother‚ father and their dependent children Extended family- a nuclear family with the addition
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the British Riots of 2011‚ relating the events specifically to the functionalist perspective of Emile Durkheim and others. It will offer definitions of key terms‚ identify key concepts and consider opposing arguments from opposing theoretical perspectives. It will apply these concepts to the 2011 Riots and argue that the killing of Mark Duggan by police was not‚ as many believed‚ the only reason behind the riots. Functionalist theory suggests society is a system consisting of a number of different
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Functionalism is a consensus structuralist theory‚ which sees the source of crime and deviance located in the structure of society. Although crime and deviance might be stigmatised in society‚ some sociologist think it is important to have it occur and there are some benefits to it. Durkheim (1982) argued that crime is an inevitable feature of social life‚ because individuals are composed to different influences and circumstances‚ and so not everyone can be equally committed to the shared values
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when the babies first walks and talks‚ that how they will act as well. 4. What were the functionalist and conflict perspectives on socialization? Functionalism emphasizes the contributions of each part of a society. A part can be defined as family‚
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Typically‚ an eating disorder can be defined as the act of starving one’s self in order to attain the image of being thin. This process occurs in unhealthy ways such as not eating or making oneself throw up after eating (Disordered Eating 2011). Most people might consider an eating disorder to be an individual problem‚ meaning that a person may have been triggered by an internal source rather than and external source. However‚ that is not necessarily the case. People generally relate thinness and
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The Dark Side of Family Life Whilst many of the functionalist theorists point out the positive aspects of the family‚ some theorists believe that the family is destructive. The Marxist Perspective Marxists argue that it is the specific requirements of the capitalist mode of production that have shaped the development of the family in Western industrial societies. Marxists see the family as a means for: Reproducing ‘labour power’ – reproducing future generations of workers. Consuming – consuming
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Conflict theory sees social life as a competition‚ and focuses on the distribution of resources‚ power‚ and inequality. Unlike functionalist theory‚ conflict theory is better at explaining social change‚ and weaker at explaining social stability. Conflict theory has been critiqued for its inability to explain social stability and incremental change. Conflict theory derives from the ideas of Karl Marx. TERMS conflict theory A social science perspective that holds that stratification is dysfunctional
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Additionally‚ as women have gained further progress towards equality in the labor force as men‚ this has led to the emergence of Marxist values into American society as result of the Civil War. Some of these values include a classless society‚ without one dominating or governing sect of people over another. They are not only seen in the women labor movement‚ but on the battlefield as well; through men were coming together to fight for a mutual cause that has broken down social class barriers formed
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differences. Both stories are similar in the importance of family ties and the way they view family‚ but differ in sibling relations. In “Sonny’s Blues”‚ the siblings want to recreate their brotherly bond again‚ but in “Everyday Use” there is no sign of healing the hole between Dee‚ Maggie‚ and Mama. First‚ we will look at the importance of family ties between both stories. In “Everyday Use” the characters have strong connections with family ties and their heritage. “Not ‘Dee‚’Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo
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Zone One and Marxism Colson Whitehead’s novel‚ Zone One‚ draws attention to the issue of consumer capitalism through a post-apocalyptic plot line. Leif Sorensen draws on at this point by discussing how Zone One feeds into his claim that “capitalism insists that the future will be an endless repetition of its cycles of creative destruction” (562). My essay builds and extend this claim by focusing on an overlooked aspect of the novel‚ the stragglers’ role of attempting to cling to the past. By concentrating
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