Srushti Jayant DeshmukhAIR 5 · CSE 2018 · 257 wordsTheir whole copy
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The apparent structural changes like Industrialisation, Urbanisation and Globalisation have deeply impacted the family-kin relations in India -
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• The spread of Nuclear families, by disintegration of traditional joint families is observed. • IP Desai in study of Mahuwa, found nuclearised families were dominating. • Allen Ross Bangalore study remarks that nuclear family has become the typical family type. • MS Gore in his study asserts that 2/3 families were nuclear
while 1/3 had been joint.
(a) Dual-career families make it necessary that children have to migrate to cities and leave behind paternals.
(-) This pushes Neolocal family and migration - also nuclear family as tendency of Individualism/Privacy dominates (symmetrical families)
But studies have also focussed on how "JOINT" family is perceived and contradicting evidences occur -
(.) KM Kapadia in Gujarat study finds that still joint families are more in number.
(.) Sacchidananda in Bihar Shahbad study confirms prominence of joint families.
• Earlier MN Srinivas in study of Okhla Industries & Milton Singer for Madras Industries found that joint family was not only prevelant but also suitable for families.
• Patricia Uberoi explains Stem families where one of parents stay with family in urban area for child care & support.
• MSA Rao argues that Breakdown Hypothesis is a largely Western concept and India has rather followed Traditional families and urbanism.
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Analysis based on Household by AM Shah see this as a development cycle and exhort that jointness be seen in orientation. Though family in India might get structurally nuclear but its still functionally joint.