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Assess the functionalist view that industrialisation changed the family structure from the extended to nuclear. Discuss for and against.
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Assess the functionalist view that industrialisation changed the family structure from the extended to nuclear. Discuss for and against.> Parsons theory (for)> Laslett (against)> Anderson (against)> Willmott and Young (against) Industrialisation is the process by which production becomes more mechanical and based outside the home in factories. The extended family is all kin including and beyond the nuclear family. The nuclear family is two generations, parents and children living in the same household. Before industrialisation in the pre-industrial society, extended families worked together for production and support for each other. However after and during industrialisation, the nuclear family dominates it as the development of industry influences individuals to leave the extended family and work for a wage instead. It is largely accepted that the nuclear family developed as a result of industrialisation and has been emphasised by functionalists. However there have also been arguments against this view. Functionalists say that...
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