modernism and the family

• CHESTER

  • There has been increased family diversity but this is not problematic.
  • There has been a move from conventional (nuclear) families to 'neo-conventional' families.
  • conventional families have a male breadwinner and female caregiver; a clear division of labour.
  • neo-conventional families are dual-earning.
  • For Chester, this is the only significant difference between the two family types.
• CHESTER

  supporting evidence for the lack of change:

  • Most people live in a household headed by a married couple.
  • Most adults marry and have children.
  • cohabitation is simply a temporary phase before marriage.
• CHESTER

  • People still aspire to be a part of a nuclear family
  • Chester argues the statistics on family diversity (i.e. lone-person) are misleading- they only show a 'snapshot of time' and these people were once part of a nuclear family.
  • The extent of impact on family diversity is exaggerated.
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  • Society has moved away from the nuclear family as the traditional and dominant family type.
  • British society is 'pluralistic.'
  • There is a greater diversity of culture, language and lifestyles than ever before, which reflects greater freedom of choice and widespread acceptance within British society.
  • Diversity is a positive
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  the 5 types of family diversity:

  • Cultural
  • Life-stage
  • Organisational
  • Generational
  • Social class

  CLOGS
• RAPOPORT AND RAPOPORT

  Cultural Diversity:

  • Family structures differ within cultural, religious and ethnic groups.
  • Higher numbers of extended families within Asian households and higher number of lone-parent families within Black Caribbean households.
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  Life stage Diversity:

  • Diversity within families according to the stage the individual has reached in their life cycle.
  • Newlyweds, divorcees, pensioners living alone.
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  Organisational Diversity

  • Differences between the family roles in particular households.
  • Joint-conjugal, segregated conjugal, dual earners, lone earners etc
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  General diversity:

  • The differences attitudes between older and younger generations relating to marriage and divorce etc.
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  Social Class Diversity:

  • income differences between households.
  • Economic and material factors affect the diversity of household types, but also the way in which childrearing occurs