The Disappearance of Childhood: Neil Postman’s Perspective
A summary of Neil Postman’s theory with supporting evidence and criticisms.
Childhood, Families and Households
Families and Households
Childhood
Inequalities between children in the United Kingdom
There are several inequalities between children including those based around social class and income, gender and ethnicity.
Demography
The reasons for and consequences of changing patterns of migration
Trends in migration From 1900 to the Second World War the largest immigrant group to the UK were Irish, mainly
Families and Households, Feminism
The radical feminist perspective on power and control in relationships
The Radical Feminist viewpoint is that relationships are the primary means through which men control women and maintain their power
Childhood, Families and Households
The Social Construction of Childhood
The ideas we have about childhood are created by society rather than determined by biological age.
Families and Households, Sex and gender
Gender equality in the domestic division of labour
Domestic work has been distributed more equally since the 1950s, but women still shoulder the majority of housework and childcare responsibilities. Although new technologies and women’s increasing participation in paid work have contributed to balancing the load, there is evidence of a lingering dual burden for women. Factors such as ethnicity, education, and social class also influence these dynamics.
Ethnicity, Family diversity
Family diversity by ethnicity in the UK
Asian households are the most likely to married, black households have the highest rates of single parents.
Family diversity
Evaluating the view that the nuclear family is in decline (part 3/3)
criticisms of the view that the nuclear family is in decline.
Family diversity
Explaining the increase in family and household diversity (part 2/3)
Feminism and changing gender roles, social policy changes and individualisation.