SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY

Sociology of the Family

Sociology of the Family

Introduction

The most important contributions made by family historians to other social science disciplines deal with the themes of diversity, uneven change, and human agency (Winton, 2006). Cross-disciplinary interchanges have stimulated a large and growing body of work on family diversity. “Historians have discovered so much diversity that any discussion of 'the Western family' must be qualified. Instead of a prevailing type of family at any one time, several types were present from the beginning” (Bernard, 2005: p78). Especially noticeable has been a greater focus on racial and ethnic categories and their implications ...