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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Discuss various theoretical perspectives on the family.

  • UPSC 2022
  • Systems of Kinship

Sociological theories of the family divide on one question: is the family a consensual institution serving society, a site of power and inequality, or a set of relationships people actively make? Each perspective answers differently, and the debate has moved from structure to practice.

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  • 1. Functionalist perspective: the family as indispensable
  • 2. Marxist perspective: the family serving capital
  • 3. Feminist perspectives: the family as patriarchal
  • 4. Interactionist and phenomenological perspectives
  • 5. Late-modern and postmodern perspectives
  • 6. Indian perspectives
  • …and 1 more sections, with a conclusion

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