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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Elucidate changing structure of family and marriage in modern society.

  • UPSC 2005
  • Systems of Kinship

Marriage and family are interlocked institutions. Marriage sets the rules for forming a family, and the family sets the context in which marriages are arranged and sustained. In modern society both are moving, in William J. Goode's terms, from ascription and collective control towards choice and individual rights, so a change in one reshapes the…

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  • Changing structure of marriage
  • Changing structure of family
  • How the two changes interlock
  • Limits of change
  • Conclusion

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