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What is Social
   The lifecourse                                                                                                         Action Theory?

                                                      functionalism
 Postmodernism               modernism


   Interpretivism      Social Action           New Right
                       Theory

Bottom up      Nuclear family          There’s no
               is best                 best type of                               The Lifecourseis:
view
                                       family
                 Family meets
Top Down
                 the needs of          We make our
View
                 society               own choices –
                                                                        Lifecourseanalysis allows us to understand
                                       constrained a
                                                                        family choices Tamara Hareven. 1978
                                       little by
Life course analysisallows             society
us to research family from the                                          Assumptions:
bottom up. One example is
Morgan and Holdsworth
2005):
                                                                                                   Strengths:

                                                                          What behaviours show     1


Research method
                                                                          that you ’re an adult?

                                                                                                          2

 Another is Judith Stacey:


                                                                                                                Family practices : David
                                                                                                                Morgan.
Family practices can help us understand Conflict
                                                      with being part
                                                      are associated
                                                      What actions



                                                      of a family?

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  • 1. What is Social The lifecourse Action Theory? functionalism Postmodernism modernism Interpretivism Social Action New Right Theory Bottom up Nuclear family There’s no is best best type of The Lifecourseis: view family Family meets Top Down the needs of We make our View society own choices – Lifecourseanalysis allows us to understand constrained a family choices Tamara Hareven. 1978 little by Life course analysisallows society us to research family from the Assumptions: bottom up. One example is Morgan and Holdsworth 2005): Strengths: What behaviours show 1 Research method that you ’re an adult? 2 Another is Judith Stacey: Family practices : David Morgan. Family practices can help us understand Conflict with being part are associated What actions of a family?