Perspectives on Family Diversity (AQA A-Level Sociology): Flashcards

Positive development reflecting higher relationship expectations

Critical - evidence of moral decline & 'broken Britain'

Traditional nuclear family for proper child socialisation

Economic lens - structures serve capitalist interests

Increasing living costs, not liberation from tradition

Welcome it - expands women's choices beyond nuclear family

Gender inequalities persist across different family types

Meanings individuals attach to their family arrangements

Individuals control their own family structures

Individualisation - weakening of traditional social norms

Non-traditional arrangements like same-sex partnerships

Diversity, choice and fluidity not fixed structures