with a clear labour division between the breadwinner husband and the home maker wife as correct. They also see a clear distinction between who should carry out the ‘instrumental’ and ‘expressive’ role in the household. For example‚ according to Talcott Parsons there is a ‘functional fit’ between the nuclear family and modern society. He sees the nuclear family as uniquely suited to meeting the needs of modern society for a geographically and socially mobile workforce‚ and as performing two ‘irreducible
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of Socialization Talcott Parsons saw socialization as the process through which‚ individuals developed and internalized a sense of norms and values. Parsons theorized that there were three stages of socialization‚ Primary‚ Secondary and Tertiary. After one has gone through these stages of development‚ an individual may go through a re-socialization process‚ and this happens in different stages through life‚ for example; they retire‚ become unemployed or institutionalized. Parsons noted that each stage
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05 March 2013 Lecture Notes THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILY STUDIES Functionalist Perspective Functionalist theories are macro in nature and focus on the structural properties and functions of the family system. They are based on the idea that if a society is to survive and operate with some measure of effectiveness‚ it has to ensure that specific functions are performed. Although families change constantly‚ they fulfill recurrent functions in society. Societies are
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Midterm: Part 1: Explain terms Part 2: Short Questions The Making of the Third World How was Europe able to expand its empire and dominate “non-Europe”? Europe: decentralized; non-Europe: centralized Rise of capitalism Different periods of colonization Caribbean/Americas – 1550s > India and rest of Asia – 1750 > Africa – 1884 (Berlin Conference) The emergence of mercantilism (= commercialism - 李嘉誠主義) (“buy cheap‚ sell dear”) Break from mercantilism - rise of industrial capitalism >1760 Defining
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EVALUATE SOCIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS FOR DIFFERING LIFE CHANCES This assignment is going to explore an evaluation of various sociological explanations of life chances including health. This will be done by defining life chances and link them with the relevant theories such as the conflict‚ consensus‚ and social action theory. Life chances can be defined as the opportunities that arise in life that will determine the significant outcome of an individual’s life. Factors such as education‚ wealth‚ social
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According to Prochaska and DiClemente’s Behavioural Change model which takes the individual through step by step stages in order to change‚ Ava’s is at the contemplation stage. Here she is beginning to think about making changes‚ allowing her to move to the decision stage where she understands she is at risk‚ then needs to make decisions to change. This theory is also confirmed by Martin Fishbein and Icek Azjen (1975-1980) the theory of Reasoned Action‚ where it is proposed that intention is the
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role as housewives keep everyone in society satisfied. Additionally‚ women are the nurturers of children‚ giving them affection and care‚ in manners that show them who they should be. They help them be society what society expects them to be. Talcott Parsons (1959)
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Gender Inequality Gender Inequality In exploring the essay title‚ it would seem wise to explain the terms “Gender” and “Inequality”. Within this essay‚ “gender” refers to the socially defined differences between men and women. As the word suggests‚ “inequality” means unequal rewards/opportunities for different individuals within a group or groups within a society. Primarily‚ during this essay‚ I intend to exam the causes of gender inequality through biological and socially constructed gender
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Criminology has been Gender-blind’ rather than Gender neutral’. Discuss It has been argued that the gaze of criminology has been primarily focused on male offenders‚ Cain (1989) argues that criminology is in fact incapable of speaking in gender neutral terms (cited in Walklate 2001: 19). A reason for this includes that history has been prepared to offer universal explanations of crime achieved by the study of the male offender. Feminists such as (Naffine 1997: 18) believe that criminology has
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Global Social Issues and Change Can anyone remember where they were at on September 11‚ 2001 when America was attacked? On Tuesday at 8:45 a.m.‚ as American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center‚ the building shook‚ and the world came crashing to a halt. The stock market ceased‚ the airplanes stopped flying‚ the trains stopped moving‚ and people stopped working‚ the world was silent as all eyes were on America. This caused the horrible act of war to begin‚ which in return began
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