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Write short note: Nuclear family and industrial society.

  • UPSC 2006
  • Systems of Kinship

The link between the nuclear family (a married couple and their dependent children) and industrial society is one of family sociology's oldest debates. Modernisation theory holds that industry produces the nuclear family. Historical and Indian evidence shows a more two-way, uneven relationship.

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  • The modernisation argument
  • The historical challenge
  • The Indian case
  • Beyond industrial society
  • Conclusion

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