How did the advance of capitalism revolutionize family as an institution?

Capitalism is a phase of economic development focused on private property and profit generation.

Capitalism as a socio-economic phenomena influenced family which is basic social institution & revolutionised it.

Advance of capitalism revolutionize family as an institution:

→ With emergence of capitalism, there is increase in mobilisation of family. The mobility is from rural to urban generally. → Advance of capitalism lead to the formation of Nuclear family from earlier versions of joint families. → Advance of capitalism impacted the family structure of basic traditional families.

→ With advance of capitalism, families revolutionise from patrilocal to neolocal due to work opportunities. Latest trend of filiocentric families also emerge. → With advance of capitalism, families break into multiple households where economic union without kinship ties are noticed. → With feminisation of workforce, the power relations of family alter due to advance of capitalism. → Children are nurtured with values aiding the capitalism in family. Family provide reserve army of labour for capitalism.