Abstract

PIEDRA GUILLEN, Nancy. Towards a comprehensive analysis of the changes in families. Reflexiones [online]. 2016, vol.95, n.2, pp.9-21. ISSN 1659-2859.

This document presents an analysis of studies of the family from Latin America, including Costa Rica, as well as some developed countries. Emphasis was given to documents from the last three decades that analyze modifications in the family, considering the incorporation of women in the changing occupational market. Emphasis was given to studies with a holistic perspective on two aspects of recent interest: power relations and affection within families. This document complements these studies and notes the complexity of this dynamic, which is micro-social but impacts macro-social processes. These contemporary studies move away from the linear perspective that has until now dominated research in families, which emphasized the issue of family composition, towards studying how families have changed in recent decades. In this way families are analyzed from a more comprehensive and multidimensional viewpoint.

Keywords : Transformations in families; Family composition; Power relations in families; use of time; Love and affection within families.

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