the family have to provide 4 main functions: primary socialisation‚ financial support‚ the meeting of sexual and emotional needs and reproduction. These functions need to be provided by the family in order for children to be skilled and have common knowledge for the future. As quoted from Item 2B ‘the family is seen as key to socialising children into their norms and values of society’. However‚ and evaluation point for Murdock would be by Marxist‚ Althusser whose concept was that the family is an
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Cheat sheet Like marxists‚ feminists take a critical view of the family. They argue that it opresses women‚ they have focused on issues such as the unequal division of domestic labour and domestic violence against women. They do not regard gender inequality as natural or inevitable. Liberal feminism- In terms of family they hold a view similar to that of ’march of progress’ theorists such as Young and Willmott. Although liberal feminists do not believe in in full gender equality which has yet
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contrasting view‚ to highlight differences between sociological views. The factors and perspectives will be presented using past theories to support each aspect of this discussion. As a factor‚ family plays a crucial role in the development and socialisation of an individual. It teaches them the norms and the social role that they will be expected to fulfil. Murdock (1949)‚ a functionalist‚ described family as “a universal social institution found in all societies”
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linked social institutions such as school‚ family and the legal system. Each different institution is functional to ensure the whole of society is maintained. For example primary socialisation takes place within the home where children are taught basic life skills such as manners‚ morals and how to behave. The next socialisation is usually education‚ provided by the government‚ which enables children to learn skills and gain qualifications then go on to work and pay taxes to the government for the whole
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society is private property‚ the system by which capital (money‚ machines‚ factories and other material objects) is controlled by a small minority of the population‚ leading to opposed classes i.e. the bourgeoisie and the proletariat (Cohen 1978). Marxists believe that society is based on ascribed status which is given by birth or family background‚ therefore the bourgeoisie pass down their land and properties to their children‚ keeping the wealth in the
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there are certain behaviours which are associated with this stage of development e.g Rebelling‚ Binge drinking‚ partying etc. Functionalists‚ consensus and structuralist theorist‚ say that we are taught youth culture through the agents of socialisation eg Media‚ family‚ Education etc. and that we have no choice but to conform. Einsenstadt‚ a functionalist‚ said that Youth is “transition mechanism” and is the stage in which we begin to change from children to adults. Social action theorists however
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reproduce the shared values of the culture of society. They see the family as the most important social institution‚ meeting the needs of individuals as well as society as a whole. Marxists feminists and radical feminists however see the nuclear family functions to benefit male superiority and power‚ with Marxists feminists also believing the family to benefit capitalism. One view that functionalists have of the family is that it is there to primary socialize children. Through the parents of
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seen as functional and necessary. In comparison Marxists‚ has shown that the interests of powerful groups have come to influence the way in which the family is structured today and argues that the economic needs of society have brought changes which have influenced how the family as a social institution now works. For example‚ the early capitalist textile production of cloth took place in the home and involved all family members. Also‚ the Marxist perspective has shown us how the monogamous nuclear
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the family fulfils a number of important functions for individuals and for society‚ such as the socialisation of children and the stabilisation of adult personalities. However‚ some sociologists suggest that‚ in today’s society‚ the family is losing its importance as these functions are being taken over by other institutions; for example‚ nurseries have an increasingly important role in the socialisation of young children whose parents are working full-time. Functionalists see the family as a particularly
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generation of citizens‚ workers and parents • G.P. Murdock: o Four main functions 1. Production of new generations 2. Regulation of sexual activity 3. Provision of economic support and the necessities of life through the division of labour 4. Socialisation of children into the culture of the community • Murdock wrote his perspective before the feminist movement • He took for granted the fact that traditional roles were universal and desirable • Feminist Ann Oakley re-examined his data finding
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