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Assess the claim that industrialisation led to the break-up of the extended family.
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Assess the claim that industrialisation led to the break-up of the extended family For the first half of the twentieth century, it was assumed that there was a clear pattern in the relationship between industrialisation and the changing structure of the family. It was believed that within a pre-industrialised society, the extended family was the most common form of family structure and that when people moved to the factories and cities the family shrank to become nuclear. Sociologists have provided studies into this theory to support the statement that industrialisation led to the break-up of the extended family, whilst others have provided theories that challenge it. Item B discusses Parson's theory on industrialisation. He argues that 'the pre-industrial extended family was a multi functional unit that met most of people's needs' and that modernisation caused 'institutional differentiation, as specialised institutions emerged to meet particular needs' resulting in the family loosing many of...
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