1st Edition

Modernization and Kin Network

By Danesh A. Chekki Copyright 1974
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

This book, first published in 1974, seeks to answer the questions whether the nuclear family tends to be an isolated unit relatively cut off from its extended kin network; whether the patterns and effects of urbanization in the developing nations follow exactly the same lines as in the industrialised nations; and whether the transition from pre-urban to urban living necessarily involves stresses... Read more

1. Problem and Theory  2. The Milieu  3. Structure of Kin Knowledge  4. Patterns of Interaction  5. Bonds of Marriage  6. Class and Community  7. Legislation and Welfare  8. Modernization and Kin Network

Biography

Danesh A. Chekki