いま家族に何が起こっているのか
日本の家族の今を問う
1990 年 2 巻 2 号 p. 4-9,116
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1990 年 2 巻 2 号 p. 4-9,116
Looking back to the past two seminers, the following points stand out: (1) the trend of family changes is not unilineal but multilineal, (2) families which depart from major trends are not deviant but variant, and (3) the nuclear family based on sex role differentiation seems to be losing its vital role through the change from industrial to post-industrial society.
Concerning the contemporary Japanese family, some see crisis and others see stability. Such a difference seems to be derived from differences in their perspective. If we look at the national statistics, the general features of the Japanese family are quite stable, because the rates of divorce, of one-parent family, and of illegitimate children are lower than those of most industrial nations. However, if we focus on internal factors seen through case studies, we can easily find tensions and conflicts within the family. We should pay more attention to various aspects of the family which differ from the averages.
Contrary to what is widely accepted, today is not a time of family crisis but a time of crisis in family sociology, which has yet to develop suitable theories in the post-industrial society.
