Hurley
SYG 2000

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I. The Family: Basic Concepts
.....A. Family
.....B. Kinship
.....C. Family Unit
.....D. Marriage

II. The Family In Global Perspective
.....A. Marriage Patterns
..........1. Monogamy
..........2. Polygamy
..........3. Polygyny
..........4. Polyandry
..........5. Cenogamy
.....B. Extended Family -- Types
..........1. Stem -- 3 or more generations in household (Grandmother, Parents, Children)
..........2. Lineal -- Relatives from same generation sharing household
........................(Parents, Children & Cousins)
..........3. Associated -- Includes those informally "adopted"
.....C. The Weakest Families on Earth? A Report From Sweden
.....D. Residential Patterns
..........1. Patrilocality
..........2. Matrilocality
..........3. Neolocality
..........4. Duolocality
..........5. Biolocality
.....E. Paterns of Descent
..........1. Partilineal
..........2. Matrilineal
..........3. Bilateral
.....F. Paterns of Authority
..........1. Patriarchial
..........2. Matriarchial
..........3. Egalitarian
..........4. Democratic

III. Theoretical Analysis Of The Family
.....A. Structural-Functional Analysis -- Functions of the Family
..........1. Socialization
..........2. Regulation of Sex
..........3. Social Placement
..........4. Emotional Sex
.....B. Social-Conflict Analysis -- Inequality and the Family
..........1. Property and inheritance
..........2. Patriarchy
..........3. Race and Ethnicity
....C. Micro-Level Analyses
..........1. Symbolic-Interaction Analysis -- Definition Realities
..........2. Social-Exchange Analysis -- Negotiating Realities

IV. Stages of Family Life
.....A. Courtship
.....B. Romantic Love -- infatuated with an unrealistic image
.....C. Would you marry without Love?
...........1. Pakistan
...........2. India
...........3. Thailand
...........4. Philippines
...........5. Mexico
...........6. England
...........7. England
...........8. Australia
...........9. U.S.
.....D. Settling In: Ideal and Real Marriage
.....E. Child Rearing
...........1. Care in another home
...........2. Care in child's home
...........3. Child Care Facility
...........4. Mother cares for child at work
...........5. Who is minding the kids?
.....F. The Family in Later Years

V. U.S. Families: Class, Race & Gender
.....A. Social Class
..........1. Propenquity
..........2. Homogamy
.....B. Ethnicity & Race
..........1. Latino Families
..........2. African-American Families
..........3. Mixed Families
.....C. Gender
..........1. Gender and Depression:
.................a. Conventional
.................b. Strained Conventional
.................c. Strained Egalitarian
.................d. Egalitarian
..........2. Cuber & Haroff Study of Family Dynamics:
.................a. Conflict Habituated
.................b. Devitalized
.................c. Passive Congenial
.................d. Vital
.................e. Total

VI. Transitional and Problems In Family Life
.....A. Divorce
..........1. Individualism on increase
..........2. Romantic Love subsides
..........3. Women are less dependent on men
..........4. Marriages are stressful
..........5. Divorce is socially accepted
..........6. Divorce is legal and easy
.....B. Who Divorces?
.....C. Divorce As A Process
..........1. Emotional Divorce
..........2. Legal Divorce
..........3. Psychic Reorganization
..........4. Community Reorganization
..........5. Economic Reorganization
..........6. Parental Reorganization
.....D. Child Support
..........1. No Court-ordered payment
..........2. Recieved Full Payment
..........3. Recieved Partial Payment
..........4. Recieved No Payment
..........5. Payment not yet due
.....E. Remarriage
.....F. Family Violence
..........1. Violence Against Women
..........2. Violence Agaist Children

VII. Alternative Family Forms
.....A. One-Parent Families
.....B. Co-habitation
.....C. Gay and Lesbian Couples
.....D. Singlehood

VIII. New Reporductive Technology & The Family
.....A. In Vitro Fertilization
.....B. Cloning
.....C. Ethical Issues

IX. Looking Ahead: Family In The 21st Century
......Should We Save The Traditional Family?

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