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Families and Households
infoWhy this? Family life allows us to explore how personal relationships are shaped by wider social structures and change. Examining family diversity, demographic trends, childhood, domestic roles, power, and social policy helps us question assumptions about family life and evaluate competing explanations of its organisation and inequalities.
scheduleWhy now? Following the introduction to sociological perspectives, this unit gives us a substantive context in which to apply and evaluate them, developing analytical and evaluative writing. Its exploration of childhood, inequality, and policy also provides useful connections for studying education.
neurologyYou need to know
- Functions of the family
- Perspectives of the family
- Social policies and impact on the family
- Demographic trends and changes to family life
- Marriage, Divorce and family diversity
- Domestic labour, power relationships and the family
- The social construction of childhood
rocket_launchYou must be able to
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the family including the Functionalist, Marxist, Feminists, New Right and Postmodernism
- Apply knowledge of families to the society around us
- Analyse and evaluate key sociologists and be able to apply them to families.
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