Family diversity

• Functionalist: believe in the nuclear family due to socialisation of children into the norms and values of society
• New right: political theory agree with the nuclear family as other types of family’s Cannot socialise children into there “correct” gender roles and rely on welfare state
• New right: permissive society (no rules and regulation)
• Post modernism argue that we should have individualism and choice as there’s no meta narrative
• Meta narrative is one story that explains everything
• The PLP: argues the meanings and understanding of people is more important
• There are different types of families eg chosen, blended, single parent families and nuclear
• There are two type of extended families: classic where the family live together and modified where the family do not live together
• Divorce law reformat wss created in 1969
• Equal pay act was created in 1970
• Feminisation of the workforce where women became more involved in work
• Things that effect diversity in families: life expectancy, mirgation, laws