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Critically assess functionalist theories of the family
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Critically assess functionalist theories of the family Functionalists all agree on the basic norms and values of society, they also agree the status and roles, so society operates efficiently and there is a consensus of opinion on the various social institutions and on what is normal and what is deviant. The functionalists believe there is a specific pattern of family organisation, corresponding to different types of society, meaning there is a particular family form that best suits the conditions of industrial society. Functionalists argued that the traditional nuclear family is a far more efficient form of family compared with a one parent family. The nuclear family is socially approved to have a sexual relationship and to have several children if they wish because a nuclear family was thought to be a lot more stable, where as in a one parent family it was not socially approved due to it...
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