FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canada 2011 Census, Canada Revenue Agency, Social Control

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Ruth Neustifter

Document Summary

Week 1: defining family across the life course. Parents, families, and friends of lesbians and gays (pflag) Relating to family laws about custody, maintenance, common law, relationships, cohabitation. Each province and territory has their own legislation regarding family law. Legal definitions tend to change over time with new court rulings and legislation and also depend on your field. Use concepts and propositions from a social science theory. Concept is an abstract set of things or ideas collected under one idea. Propositions are any statements that relate one concept to another. Example: marriage contains having a publicly recognized sexual bond between two people. Not correct or incorrect, only consistent with the concepts and propositions in a theory. Context: concepts and propositions of a theory. Social constructions of family gain power when adherents of a perspective increase in number. Example: social constructions of marriage now includes gay and lesbian. Shared by majority of people in a country or region.