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Family Diversity - Coggle Diagram
Family Diversity
Modernism and the Family
For modernists, the family has a predictable structure
- nuclear family works best in the modern world.
2 perspectives support this view:
Functionalist - Parsons (1959)
- Nuclear family is best for modern society
- Other family types are dysfunctional
New Right
- Opposed to changes in nuclear family structure
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Early - Modernism
1400 - 1800
- Culture characterised by dominant religions
. Christianity in Europe
. Islam in the Ottoman Empire
- Society had a clear structure
. Spiritual/ worldly rulers - religious leaders/ monarchs
. Nobility - wealthy individuals who owned land, collected
taxes
. Peasants - people who worked the land, paid taxes.
Neo-conventional Family
Chester (1985)
- The nuclear family has not changed that much
- Neo-conventional families
. both parents are married and the breadwinners
- Family diversity has occurred due to life-cycle
. Young people cohabit, adults marry, elderly live alone
- Most people live in a married household with children
- Most divorcees re-marry
- Cohabitation is a stepping stone
Rapport
Families are more diverse now and this is producing a positive change in society. And identify 5 types of family diversity.
Modernism
- A historical period between the late 19th - mid 20th century
. Describes transformations in culture, art, philosophy, academia etc.
. Enlightenment - move away from religion toward science
. Created common cultural values cutting across societal subjectivities (Harvey, 1989)
- Values
. Narratives of progress - 'destroy and rebuild until God shows'
. Matanarratives of progress - universal truths: foundation to build from, society is fixed.