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Family diversity (The Rapoport's (There are five types family…
Family diversity
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Postmodernism
Giddens
Society has become 'disembodied' from traditional family structures, leavings free to choose how we live our lives
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Beck
Equality and individualism have created the 'negotiated family' which varied according to the members wants
Chester
Although there has been some increase in diversity, the nuclear family still remains dominant
There has been an important change from the conventional family (segregated conjugal roles) to the Neo-coventional family, which adopts a symmetrical family structure
Functionalism
Parsons
Family diversity has increased, and there has been a shift away from the traditional nuclear family
Nowadays, it's more common for reconstituted, lone-parent and cohabiting families to exist. However, Functionalists and the New Right reject this in arguing the nuclear family is the only family type functional for society
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