For example education has a function to make sure people are educated and conform to works place norms. Functionalist sees the family as an important sub system. For example George Peter Murdock argues that the family performs four important functions; stable satisfaction of the sex drive, preproduction of the next generation, socialisation of the young and meeting its member’s economic needs. Other sociologists have criticised Murdock’s functionalist approach. Marxists and feminists reject his consensus view that the family meets the needs of both wider society and all members of the family.
For example, society works best when everyone ‘plays’ their part. This is a continuous cycle. An example of this is when the government provides education for the children. The parents of these children need to pay tax to the government to allow their government to be able to run schools. The family in turn will rely on the educated child to grow up and have a good job, so that when they have their own children they are able to pay taxes towards their children’s education and so on.
One way the family serves capitalism is the socialisation of the young into the ruling class ideology. They see the family as an institution which serves and maintains the position of the ruling class. Marxists point out is that families socialise children in to an idea of hierarchy and inequality. An example of this is when parent’s power over children making them accustom to the idea that there is always someone above or better than them and they will have to obey there orders. This leads them to the working life where you work under capitalists and accept orders from superior employers.
First, children can provide is economic support to the family. Shaw recognizes that weather intended or not, children were often needed to contribute to the family income . O'Roark in a similar way says there is a "common desire for many children" . After a general read of the article I have concluded that one of the reasons he says this is the fact children could be an economic resource to the family. O'Roark provides more detail, saying that to few children can hurt the economy of the family, while to many can drain it .
Pass 1 – Explain the Principal Sociological Perspectives In the document I am going to outline and explain the different Sociological Perspectives in relation to Health and Social Care. These include: Functionalism The idea behind the Functionalist approach is that everything within society and our day-to-day lives must function in a certain way to keep the natural order of things intact. A method of understanding how the approach works is by comparing it to the human body; the body’s organs and natural defences all work on an efficient interrelationship basis to keep the body running and to fight against diseases. Society woks in very much the same way, with all parts having specific contributions to make so that they can work together to use methods of social control to make sure that society functions smoothly. One person who played a vital role in the development of Functionalism as a Sociological Approach was Talcott Parsons (1902-1979), a sociologist who saw society as a system made up of interrelated factions contributing to smooth operation and continuity within society itself.
Society tends to view the family as a relatively safe place of sustenance and care. This view of family is idealized, as families are a source malnutrition and violence Child abuse, sibling abuse and spousal abuse are common forms of abuse found within the family (Starbuck, 2010). Historical factors such as the post industrial revolution, characterized the continuous transformation of economy and society, such as demographics and the baby boom. These had a complex influence on society, including the contribution to trends in families and later marriages (Starbuck, 2010). Gender roles are influenced by the family, school, media, society and the state.
That parents stress to children the importance of education all their school lives, but they continue to give money things that are less important, instead they should put money towards the teachers who wants to help make a difference in every child's life. Barber believes that parents should actually display their actions that they care and value their education. He explains who are to blame for the lack of quality education in America. The generations before the young and the government have a partial blame in why the school system is failing. Barber's argument is more superior, because he takes the sociopolitical context of education in to account, where as Henry does not.
Today’s students cheat for a variety of reasons. As students get older the pressure to get good grades and the pressure from friend’s increases leading them to cheat. Then some think that cheating is not a big deal or that it is not wrong. Schools and teachers should work together with students to help them feel more secure and to show them that cheating is not acceptable and that they will only be hurting themselves in the long run. Younger children believe that cheating is wrong but that it is acceptable in some instances.
Within the society, it socialises with its institutions and this gives the ability to meet the needs and goals of society. Functionalists also have a biological analogy and compare society to a living thing. For an example, the institutions (the organs of society) need to be healthy for it to work when its ‘sick’ society contains a lot of anomie (lack of shared norms and values). The family meets the needs of society such as the need to socialise children. Functionalists see the family as an important sub-system.
Merton???? The family passes on culture, teaching children right from wrong and how to behave within society. The government (institution) provides education for children, on which the family is dependent to help children grow up enabling them to get better jobs. This is cyclical because it then is passed on to the next generation. In return, families pay tax on which the state depends.