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Functionalism views on the family (Parsons (Family performs according to…
Functionalism views on the family
Functionalists
Functioning
Organic analogy
Organs of society
Anomie
normlessness
Keyterms
Secondary socialisation
the media and religious bodies perform the role of secondary socialisation, in which individuals learn the universalistic values of wider society, rather than the particularistic ones of their own family or local community.
Role Allocation
sifting and sorting people into the roles that they will go on to perform in life. Functionalists see this as meritocratic
Social solidarity
well-integrated functioning society where all members have been socialised into its shared norms and values.
Gender roles
Instrumental
Expressive
Warm bath theory
Coming home to a family gives you security/safe haven
Solidarity and stability
Murdock
4 functions
2.
Reproduction of the new generation
New babies
3.
Socialise the young
Teaching norms & values
Primary--> family
Secondary--> education
Parsons- focal agent
1.
Stable satisfaction of sex drive
not going to have a sexual free for all
monogamous- two people
AO3:
media/glamourise
4.
Meet families economic needs
Food, shelter, medicines, water, clothes
Parsons
functional fit family
Family performs according to the types of society
Modernism:
nuclear
Post modernism:
still is mainly nuclear but there is diversity
Preindustrial:
extended
1.
Geographically mobile workforce- move for job/move to the city
2.
Social mobile workforce- evolve skills/technology
1.
Primary socialisation
2.
Stabilisation of adult personalities
Family keep people 'good' (happy)
Criticise
Paul Willis' lads
anti-school subculture
Contemporary links
'Epidemic' knife crime--> family diversity
Inflated/exaggerated
Cicourel
Negotiation of justice - invalid
AO3 Criticisms
Ignores poverty- marxism (proletariats)
Ignores family diversity
Ignores dark side of the family (domestic violence & abuse)
Feminists patriarchal gender inequality