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Outline the arguments and evidence for and against the functionalist's view of the relationship between industrialisation and family structures.
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Outline the arguments and evidence for and against the functionalist's view of the relationship between industrialisation and family structures. Industrialisation is the transformation of societies from being agricultural to industrial, which took place in the eighteen and nineteenth centuries. Functionalists have many views on the issues of industrialisation and family structures. One of the leading functionalists was Talcott Parsons. He expressed many views on these issues. He and many other functionalists believed that industrialisation led to greater geographical mobility and the loss of regular contact with extended kin. They also said that the larger and wider family network was no longer important nor required, as emotional and personal needs would now be met by the nuclear unit. However, in the 1950s and 1960s sociological studies suggested that the isolation of the nuclear family had been largely exaggerated. One such study was the study of Benthal Green in London by Young and Willmott...
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