Deinstitutionalization of American Marriage Report

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Read two readings with a total of 15 pages and write a reading analysis of 1-2 pages.

Part 1.

Summary 1: Choose a reading assigned this week (or the previous week)- Check the syllabus—and provide a comprehensive summary. Explain the main findings, back up your claims with at least two citations from the reading (Author, page. Number). (1 full paragraph)


Part 2.

An analytical response to the following question. (1 -2 paragraph) with references (Author, page number) to specific course material (be sure to cite accurately). An analytical response means that this is not merely your opinion, but it is an informed critique of the information posed.

Family is often discussed outside sociological circles as commonsense, but the readings this week point out the way society has constructed the “normal” family and the social reasons for its existence. Discuss the historical functions of family described in your textbook and show how the concept of what a family IS, who can be a family, and what the purpose of a family has shifted over time due to economic, social, and political shifts. Answer the question posed in your reading, “Deinstitutionalization of American Marriage:” why do people still get married? Be sure to address this question from a sociological perspective that alludes to history, structures, and power in society. Make sure to lay out the argument made in this article about and cite appropriately (Author, page number).

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Deinstitutionalization of American Marriage Paper Outline
The first paragraph provides a comprehensive summary of the reading.
The second paragraph provides a discussion of the historical purpose of family, the concept of
what a family is, who can be a family and what the purpose of marriage has shifted over time due
to economic, social and political shift.
The third paragraph provides a discussion of why people still get married.


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Deinstitutionalization of American Marriage

Student’s Name
Institution Affiliation
Course
Instructor
Date

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Part One
Marriage has experienced a deinstitutionalization process which includes a weakening of
the social values that specify partner’s actions for the past few decades (Andrew, 848). A rising
number and complexity of cohabiting relationshi...


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