Sociological Perspectives on the Family SOC101: Introduction to Sociology Instructor: Jeanette Maxey August 15‚ 2011 Sociological Perspectives on the Family In the field of sociology‚ there are numerous approaches sociologists reflect on when studying humankind’s behavior. Sociologists argue that no single theory is correct by itself; but to a certain extent‚ they draw on all of them for various purposes. Sociologists vision the social world in diverse ways‚ meaning seeing the world as stable
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Single parent families Beanpole families Extended family Reconstituted families Cultural diversity Class diversity Sexual diversity The proportion of families living in single parent families has more than tripled in the last 30 years to 24%. Not all single parents have been married .births outside marriage have become more socially accepted today. Changes in religious and social values have made it less likely to for single parents to be labelled and stigmatised. 1) Roseneil & budgeon- argue
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Assess sociological explanations of changes in the status of childhood? Childhood is a social construction and varies between times‚ places and groups. Most sociologists see our ides of childhood as a fairly recent one‚ the result of industrialisation and other social changes. Modern society constructs childhood as a tie of vulnerability‚ innocence and segregation from the adult world. The March of progress sociologist believe we live in an increasingly child-centred society. They state that children
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from Item A and elsewhere assess sociological explanations of the nature and extent of family diversity today. Family diversity means that there are many different types of family in society today not just nuclear‚ cereal packet families. There are several different types of family within UK society. These include; nuclear‚ single parent‚ gay or lesbian‚ extended and reconstituted. Although nuclear remains the most common family type in the UK today with 20% of families falling into the category‚ other
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nuclear family structure has typically been the most popular in modern society‚ but is now under threat due to the demand of other family structures. Contacts with wider kin (aunts and cousins‚ for example) are usually infrequent and more likely to involve ‘impersonal contacts’ such as texting‚ telephone‚ facebook or email. For this reason‚ this family structure is sometimes called an “isolated nuclear” (reflecting its isolation from wider kin or conjugal family. This is a unitary family unit‚ self-contained
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which government policies and laws affect the nature and extent of family diversity. (24 marks) (Ao1-14 Ao2-10) Some sociologists have suggested that social policy has caused families to become more diverse while others disagree. Social policies are the laws and practices put in place by the government that effect social issues‚ in this case the family. For example‚ in the 1930’s the Nazi government in Germany wanted to encourage Aryan families and put in place policies that involved sterilising
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Using material from Item B and elsewhere‚ assess sociological explanations of ethnic differences both in offending and in victimisation. According to official statistics‚ there are significant ethnic differences in the likelihood of being involved in the criminal justice system. Specifically‚ black people are over-represented in the system. In this essay I will talk about the reasons for these differences. One of the reasons for the differences in crime statistics is put forward but left realists
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When it comes to family‚ there was no way to define such a word. Post-modern society has allowed for the diversification of the family structure‚ bringing today’s society further away from the idea of the ‘ideal’ family. According to Modernist theory‚ the ‘ideal’ family also known as the nuclear family consists of two parents (both sexes) and a small amount of children. In this type of family (it being the only type seen as acceptable at this time) the father had the ‘instrumental’ role‚ meaning
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Using material from Item A and elsewhere‚ assess different sociological explanations of suicide. (21 marks) Suicide is the intentional taking of one’s own life and sociologists over the years have tried to put forward various explanations for why someone may do this. Within sociology there are many different views on suicide on the causes and explanations for it‚ these come from two main methodologies which are Positivists who believe that sociology is a science and they should aim to make causal
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The key family types are Nuclear‚ Extended‚ Reconstituted and Lone parent. These are the family types that exist in contemporary Britain. The basic premise is that the family structure depends upon social and economical circumstances – as such family definition is open to cultural interpretation‚ norms and values. Whilst the family is adaptable–over the last Three hundred years in Britain‚ the family has changed and adapted‚ as we have moved from an agricultural society to industrial society. Sociologist
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