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Assess the view that the nuclear family constitutes an ideal living arrangement for individuals and society.
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Assess the view that the nuclear family constitutes an ideal living arrangement for individuals and society. The view that the nuclear family makes an ideal living arrangement for individuals and society supports a traditional functionalists view in that the nuclear family is 'ideal' Functionalists such as Murdock, are supporters of the nuclear family, which he defined as "A social group characterised by common residence, economic co-operation & reproduction. It includes adults of both sexes, at least two of whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship, and one or more children, own or adopted, of the sexually co-habitating adults". Murdock argued that the family performs 4 basic functions ----- sexual, reproductive, economic and socialisation, and these functions are necessary for society to exist. Another functionalists view is that of 'parsons'. Parsons says that the nuclear family is universal but argued that there are only two basic functions of the family. They are,...
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