Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere assess the view that‚ in today’s society the family is losing its functions. As stated in Item 2B‚ 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
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PROJECT-SOCIOLOGY CHANGING STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF FAMILY: A STUDY OF INDIAN SOCIETY Submitted by Prarthna Table of Contents * Acknowledgements………………………………………………………
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To what extent is a stable family vital for a successful society? What is a family? A family is a group that consists of adults and children that care for one another. When describing a family‚ people would usually talk about love‚ care‚ company and relationships. What is a stable family? To me‚ a stable family is one that is able to financially support the members of the family in terms of their daily necessities and school fees for the children. It should also be able to maintain healthy relationships
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Asses the view that in today’s society the family is losing its functions. We usually define the word "family" with a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household but to many sociologists‚ this definition is narrow and is not a very accurate way of describing a family. According to Murdock (1949) the family is a "social group" which is identified by common "residence"‚ "economic" and "reproduction" whereas Giddens (1993) states that the family is directly linked by "kin
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view that in todays society the family is losing its functions” (24 marks) There are many different sociologists who look in the families place in today’s society and assess the level of function to family has today. From Murdock to parsons‚ feminist and warm bath theory there is many different views and opinions on this statement. One of the more famous sociologists who looked at the family is G.P.Murdock; he compared over 250 societies and claimed that the nuclear family was universal‚ that some
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what keeps the society in agreement and working properly. Religion plays a big part in the family and society; if a family is religious this will be taught to the new members of family‚ the family may choose to send a child to a religious school‚ which is the family teaching the child the role of religion due to there choice. Law is also an agent of the family’s role‚ the family all have to abide by certain rules there for the offspring and new members will be taught this by the family maintaining social
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Assess the view that in today’s society the family is losing its functions (24 Marks) According to functionalists the family has lost its functions‚ functionalism claim there is integration and harmony between different parts of society which rely upon each other to maintain a cooperating society. Functionalists view the family as vital organs in maintaining society‚ functionalism concentrates on the contribution of the family towards society and how the family fits with other social institutions
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Working Mothers: The Effects on Society and Family Thankfully‚ the ‘Ward Cleaver’ image of the family is on its way out yet‚ according to sociologists‚ the sexual inequality associated with assigning men the role of the economic provider and women as the child rearer and homemaker‚ is still very much in existence. These social stereotypes remain in spite of the fact that‚ within the last few decades‚ there has been a sharp increase in the number of mothers deciding to venture outside the home and
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the role of the family in society. [33 marks] Functionalism is a structuralist theory; this meaning that it sees social structure (the social organisation of society) as more important than individuals. Functionalist sociologists believe that people have a range of basic needs that must be met if society is to run smoothly. Different groups and individuals in society are important because they perform certain functions which meet society’s needs. Functionalism supports the family in nearly every
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Outline & discuss the function of families in contemporary UK society The definition of the term ‘family’ has somewhat gone through radical changes over the past few decades in the UK‚ some 30 years ago a family was defined as being father‚ mother and children. Some referred to this as the “cereal box family” as this was typically the type of family to be shown on television commercials for cereal. This stereotype is more correctly known as the nuclear family‚ however changes over the years has
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