| Objectives: |
At the end of this course students will be able to; explain the factual equivalents of sociological concepts related to the phenomenon of family, to explain human-family-society-ecosystem intertwined by taking into account the principle of sustainability, to be able to illustrate the changes in household compositions in the context of modernization-globalization, social and psychological effects affecting the family as an institution and to analyze the complex interactions between cultural, political, economic and demographic phenomena, to compare gender approaches by taking into account the life cycle of the family and the historical-cultural context, to be able to present qualitative and quantitative data related to Turkish family structure research and to know the world family policies. |
| Content: |
Contents of the course include; definitions and illustrations of family types; family-human-family-society interrelation as a network of institutions and interaction, family functions and the effects of modernization-globalization on functions, social interaction and relations between family and family functions as a network of social interaction, family life stages and intergenerational relations, the concept of gender and different approaches, the relations between the socialization of the family as its one of the important functions and gender, family change process in Turkish society throughout history, comparison of examples of nuclear family network in the process of modernization-globalization with other family types, marriage and divorce phenomena which greatly influence the family life and Turkey and the world examples in this regard, family theories approach to the family, fundamental questions of each theory about the family and its descriptions, family policies implemented in the countries of the world |