SCLG1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Kingsley Davis, Human Capital, Family Law Act 1975

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SCLG1001
• Professor: Robert van Krieken

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Week 9: family life: lydia besterwitch: learning objectives. Located in the week 9 content folder: reading. Ch. (cid:1008) (cid:858)fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) life(cid:859), pp. (cid:1005)(cid:1005)(cid:1010)-46: online quiz. Located in week 9 content folder on blackboard. Must be completed by 10:00am monday 2 may: list the key concepts/terms and define them. The family suggests a single model for all intimate relationships however there is a plurity of household and family types. Changes in size and family structure have had far-reaching economic and social impacts within the family and its place in society. John caldwell and lado ruzicka argued that fertility decline was probably the (cid:373)ajo(cid:396) (cid:272)ause of (cid:858)the (cid:272)ollapse of the do(cid:373)esti(cid:272) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) i(cid:374) the (cid:373)ode(cid:396)(cid:374) e(cid:396)a(cid:859) (cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1011)(cid:1012)(cid:895),- meaning the demise of the conventional nuclear family. A(cid:272)(cid:272)o(cid:396)di(cid:374)g to cald(cid:449)ell (cid:862) the stud(cid:455) of fe(cid:396)tility transition is the study of the transformation of familial production into production through the labour (cid:373)a(cid:396)ket, of t(cid:396)aditio(cid:374)al so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) i(cid:374)to (cid:373)ode(cid:396)(cid:374) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455). (cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1012)(cid:1006)(cid:895)