key studies

• what’s zareskys perspective-family

  Marxist
• What’s zaretskys ideas?


  The family serves capitalism through:

  -womens unpaid labour

  -passing advantages to family -inheritance

  -unit of consumption
• What’s parsons perspective?-family


  Functionalist
• What’s parsons ideas?

  two key functions to A family:

  -primary socialisation=children taught shared norms and values

  -stabilisation of adult personality=family relieves stress-warm bath theory
• What’s willmot and youngs perspective?-family

  Functionalists
• What are willmott and youngs ideas?

  found out the family is becoming symmetrical

  -similar roles

  -equal contribution
• What is Delphy and Leonard’s perspective?-familys


  Radical femminist
• What is delphy and Leonard’s ideas?

  The family is patriarchl because:

  -women exploited economically

  -family has hierarchy=men at top
• What is Oakleys perspective?-family

  Radical femminist
• What are oakleys ideas?

  Conventaional family findings:

  -women expected to do unpaid work

  -nucleus family can be stressful

  -more diversity in middle class
• What is balls perspective?-education

  interactionist
• What were balls key ideas?


  Labelling:

  -lower class students more likely to be in lower bands

  -teachers have different expectations for different students
• What’s Durkheims perspective?-education

  Functionalist
• What’s durkheims key ideas?


  -Education teaches shared norms and values

  -teaches children specialised skills for work
• What’s parsons perspective?-education

  Functionalist
• What are parsons key ideas-education

  -education teaches differences between universalistic and particularistic Values

  -roll allocations and meriotocracy
• What’s Bowles and gintis perspective?-education

  Marxist
• What’s Bowles and gintis key ideas?


  correspondence and similarity between school and work:

  -education creates an obedient workforce to serve capitalism

  -hidden curriculum
• What’s Willis’s perspective?-education


  Marxist
• What where his findings?-willis’s

  Studied “the lads” anti school subculture for 2 years:

  -found they were not obedient but the subculture was similar to work places