• Account for the Breakdown of the Family as an Institution

     

    Essays2 Sociology

Evaluation:
Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Account for the Breakdown of the Family as an Institution', 1.
  • Essays 'Account for the Breakdown of the Family as an Institution', 2.
Extract

The family is a set of parents and children or of relations living together or not. It is a race or group of people from a common stock. The family is the oldest institution devised by man. It is a legal social and moral institution because it perpetuates throughout generations. It existed from time immemorial. With time, it is a concept but its structure has changed. There has been a change from the extended family to the nuclear family. There are lots of factors which have contributed to this.…

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