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What influences shape family life according to the text?
Legal norms, moral values, family ideology
How does traditional functionalist approach view the role of families?
Maintaining order, performing essential functions for individuals and society
What is the role of the state in the 'supportive state' model according to Eichner (2010)?
Supporting families in performing caretaking and human development functions
How has the state's relationship with families evolved in industrialized nations?
State has removed functions from families, especially in education and welfare
What does family ideology define the family as according to the text?
Public institution supported by government and private institution for working out relationships
What does the New Right propose in terms of the state's role in family structures and relationships?
Encouraging good family structures and relationships, discouraging bad ones
According to Neale (2000), what type of family structure is seen as providing emotional and psychological benefits?
Married, heterosexual, dual-parent nuclear families
From the New Right perspective, what is considered wrong and unproductive?
Single parenthood
What do Conflict perspectives like Marxism focus on in relation to the family and the state?
They focus on how the family benefits powerful groups and helps maintain social inequalities.
How does Althusser view families?
As an ideological state apparatus
What has liberal feminism traditionally looked to the state and legal agencies for?
To redress gender imbalances in family life
What is the primary focus of feminist sociology regarding the family?
To highlight the patriarchal and oppressive nature of the family
How does the state generally view the private life of the family in democratic societies?
States generally try not to intervene directly in the private life of the family
What are some policies advocated by liberal feminists to support women in balancing work and family responsibilities?
Development of nursery schooling and childcare facilities
Explore how legal norms and moral values influence family dynamics and structure. Learn how family ideology shapes perceptions of the family as both a public and private institution.
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