What is the 'beanpole' family structure, and what combination of demographic processes produces it?
2.
According to Stephanie Coontz, the mid-century American nuclear family was primarily made possible by which of the following?
3.
Peter Laslett's research on English parish records found that pre-industrial English households were predominantly:
4.
In Caldwell's 'wealth-flows' theory, what is the key mechanism driving fertility decline during industrialisation?
5.
Which of the following is NOT listed as a defining feature of the second demographic transition by Lesthaeghe and van de Kaa?
6.
Fraternal polyandry — documented in Himalayan communities — is best understood sociologically as:
7.
Esping-Andersen's comparison of welfare-state regimes shows that the social-democratic regime (characteristic of Scandinavia) differs from the conservative regime (characteristic of continental Europe) primarily in that it:
8.
The concept of 'diverging destinies' in American family sociology refers to:
9.
According to Lévi-Strauss, kinship systems across cultures are fundamentally:
10.
Explain what the pre-industrial household's function as a 'productive unit' meant, and how industrialisation changed this. Use evidence from the module.
11.
Why does sociology begin with a descriptive rather than prescriptive orientation toward the family, and what analytical questions does this orientation generate?
12.
Drawing on at least four of the sources discussed in this module, evaluate the claim that contemporary Western family diversity represents a departure from a stable historical norm. Your answer should address both historical and cross-cultural evidence, and should consider the sociological implications of how the question is framed.