is dependent the things you do in life and not the objects. It is the time that you share with friends and family what makes life meaningful and that creates happiness. All the objects in the world that money can buy is meaningless when you don't have anyone to share it with. 2. Harvard economists Alberto Alesina and Paolo Giuliano say that strong family ties imply more reliance on the family as an economic unit that provides goods and services and less on outside institutions such as those found
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Assess sociology view of the family relationships between the industrialisation (24 marks) Talcott Parsons argued the reason the family structure was changing from an extended family to a nuclear family was because the nuclear family was more useful to industrial society, he says this because it is more efficient and fits the needs of society as it’s geographically and socially mobile therefore promotions are easier to get through their own efforts. Parsons saw how the rolls of men and women
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The theory of Marxism, devised by Karl Marx, is based on the conflict of classes in society. The ideas are centred around the injustice created by the division of wealth between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. Marxists believe that the middle and upper classes exploit the working class for their labour, and create a false class consciousness that allows the proletariat masses to believe that this is a fair system. This theory also attempts to analyse and explain the family structure, criticising
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Introduction Outline and evaluate the Marxist view of the family Marxism looks at the methods of control of the ruling class (bourgeoisie) in determining the way society is organized. The family is seen as part of the structure of society and is one of a number of social institutions which help maintain the capitalist system. Marxists state that it is the requirements of this system that has come to shape the family in modern societies. From a Marxist perspective, society revolves around the infrastructure
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Many factors can shape and influence the career paths we choose, it can begin with how our family shapes our perceptions. I grew up in south Florida in the Ft Lauderdale and Miami area. At the age of ten years old I was sent to the United State to live with my extended family members. Before coming the U.S. from Haiti my family consisted of my mother and me. My father was there, but he didn’t play a very integral part in my life except providing financial support. Many factors have influenced my
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are going to discuss the theories that can help explain as to why someone engages himself or herself in a criminal activity. First of all we are going to discuss the two main perspectives and the theories made by our theorist in the past. The developmental perspective of criminality has two main perspective and those perspectives get broken down to theories made by some theorists. The first perspective we are going over is the life course perspective. The life course theory suggests that criminal
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views of the role of the family. (24 marks) Marxist sociologists believe that the family is shaped by the requirements of capitalism and serves to support and maintain this unjust and exploitative system. They believe that the family exists to reproduce labour power, to consume the products of capitalism and to provide emotional support for workers to help them cope with the harsh reality and to accept their inequalities. Engels, a Marxist sociologist, believes that family was only needed when private
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Unit 4 Task 3 Disengagement Theory Cumming and Henry (1961) * Withdrawal from social contact with others. * Natural part of ageing * Reduced physical health and loss of social opportunities means they don’t engage in activities Discredited by Zimbardo (1992) * Many people stay active * Socialise with remaining friends, not make new ones * Still involved with family Activity Theory Robert J Havighurst (1961) * Older people stay mentally and socially active to avoid
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Family 1. How does each theory apply to the selected sociological institution? What are the similarities? What are the differences? Functionalism- The social structures of marriage and family create deep social and emotional bonds that give individuals indepth systems of social support, as well as generating expectations of social responsibility within their members, fulfilling the function of creating social cohesion. In essence, spouses support each other financially, socially, emotionally
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Graham, M. A., Sauerheber, J. D., & Britzman, M. J. (2013, April) Choice Theory and Family Counseling A Pragmatic, Culturally Sensitive Approach. The Family Journal, 21(2), 230-234. Choice theory and reality therapy is used during counseling sessions but not used as much in family therapy. Choice theory is not looked at as a systemic approach but utilizing reality therapy leads to second-order change for couple and families. Second-order change can lead to creating systemic changes in a pragmatic
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