Compose a 1750 words assignment on industrialisation and the family. Needs to be plagiarism free! Of course, not all of the explanations can be found in economics and, most likely, social structure and culture can explain the changing economics as well. However, looking for explanations in the changing economics for sociological phenomena enriches our insights and sharpens our sociological analysis. I will attempt to do just that in this work. According to Eshleman and Bulcroft (2010, p. 4), a family traditionally refers to “two or more persons related by birth, marriage, or adoption who reside together in a household.” It is a definition that “emphasizes the structural dimension of families because it focuses on the requirements for membership and spatial arrangements of members.” Simultaneously, families can also be defined “in terms of their functional significance as societal institutions” (Eshleman and Bulcroft 2010, p. 4). The function of a family can be for “procreation” or “socialisation” of children (Eshleman and Bulcroft 2010, p. 4). Social structure and power distribution in society influence how a family is defined (Eshleman and Bulcroft 2010, p. 5). How a family is defined mirrors adaptation to circumstances and is a product of cultural innovations and of a process in which “those in positions of power and privilege promote definitions that serve their interests and values” (Eshleman and Bulcroft 2010, p. 5). Eshleman and Bulcroft identified three basic types of family structure.
