Jeffrey Weeks (1999): Growth in ‘Fictive families’

Kath Weston (1992): Growth in ‘Quasi-Marriages’

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There are many ways in which this topic could be presented in an exam. Thefollowing are some themes that would be useful to make a note of:

> Is the Nuclear Family a Universal Institution?

> Is the Family a Declining Institution?

> Modernity vs. Post-Modernity

> Social Policy & the Family