1. COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS ECONOMICS AND MARRIAGE & FAMILY STRUCTURES

2. THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF WORK MONEY IS THE FOUNDATION FOR WORK PROCESSES –BUT, IS THERE MORE? WHAT ABOUT THE WEALTHY?

3. SOCIAL PROCESSES CONNECTED TO WORK 1.ACTIVITY LEVEL – ACQUIRE AND EXERCISE SKILLS 2.VARIETY – CONTEXT IN LIFE 3.TEMPORAL STRUCTURE 4.SOCIAL CONTACT 5.PERSONAL IDENTITY

4. MODERN INDUSTRIAL WORK PROCESSES FORDISM –LARGE PHYSICAL PLANTS DESIGNED FOR MASS PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION IN MASS MARKETS –OPTIMAL PROFITABILITY FROM MAXIMUM EMPLOYMENT EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTION

5. FORDISM = LOW TRUST EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYER ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILITY WAGES HOUSING HEALTH CARE FAMILY NEEDS RETIREMENT

6. POST MODERN WORK PROCESSES = HIGH TRUST EMPLOYMENT DECENTRALIZATION OF PRODUCTION –LOCALIZED PRODUCTION –REDUCTION IN WORKER EXCHANGE –MAXIMIZATION OF PROFIT THROUGH MASS PRODUCTION WITH CONCURRENT REDUCTION OF LABOR DEPENDENCY EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBLE FOR NEARLY EVERYTHING

7. SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE CONFLICT THEORY CLASSIC LABOR vs CAPITAL IN BOTH EMPLOYMENT PERSPECTIVES ALIENATION OF LABOR FROM SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN LOW TRUST, FORDIST STRUCTURE LESS POTENTIAL FOR LABOR INTERFERENCE WITH PRODUCTION IN HIGH TRUST, POST- MODERN STRUCTURE

8. MARRIAGE, FAMILY AND SOCIETY FAMILY STABILITY IS DEPENDENT ON ECONOMIC SYSTEM –COMPARE AND CONTRAST PRE- INDUSTRIAL AND POS-INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES

9. FAMILY STRUCTURES TRADITIONAL NON-TRADITIONAL RECONSTITUTED / BLENDED

10. THE SOCIOLOGICAL QUESTION? WHICH IS MOST IMPORTANT IN FAMILY? 1.STRUCTURE 2.FUNCTION

11. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF FAMILY? 1.TEACHING 1.MORALS (NORMS) AND VALUES 2.INTERACTION SKILLS 2.SENSE OF PLACE AND PURPOSE 3.PROVISION OF NECESSITIES 1.FOOD, CLOTHING AND SHELTER 4.EMOTIONAL SUPPORT 5.STABLE SETTING FOR PROCREATION AND PROTECTION

12. MARRIAGE WHY DO WE MARRY? LOVE? SOCIAL PRODUCTIVITY?

13. MARRIAGE AS FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY? CUBER AND COLLINS – 3 TYPES OF MARRIAGE: –VITAL –3-5% –CONFLICT HABITUATED –65% –CORDIAL –30%