SOC271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Social Dilemma, The Michaels, Fetus

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC271
• Professor: Robin Willey

Document Summary

Fear of fa(cid:373)ilial (cid:862)disi(cid:374)tegratio(cid:374)(cid:863) family would fade away, then all things would fade away (ex, norms, communication to future generations) Some suggested that the welfare state would collapse without the male breadwinner. Families would become (cid:373)ore (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)al(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)tri(cid:271)al(cid:863) seniors would start living in polygamous relationships. Fear of (cid:862)o(cid:448)erpopulatio(cid:374),(cid:863) u(cid:374)der-population, a(cid:374)d a la(cid:272)k of (cid:862)good (cid:271)ar(cid:271)aria(cid:374)s(cid:863) (cid:894)good (cid:271)ar(cid:271)aria(cid:374)s- people of. European descent: no one predicted same-sex marriage. Families (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)i(cid:374)g (cid:373)ore (cid:862)fle(cid:454)i(cid:271)le(cid:863), i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t, (cid:449)ork (cid:373)ore (cid:449)ith i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s. Causes: climate change, peak oil, global income disparity. Effects: more three-generation families , decrease in life expectancy, low fertility and high immigration, men will contribute more in child care and house work, divorce and cohabitation will appear as an alternative to permanent monogamy. Theory and the family understanding theoretical underpinnings is important. Family as politics: love is a politics makes it an interesting way to think about the family, family as a radical politics do family radically.