4. Jeffrey Weeks (1999):
Growth in ‘Fictive families’
Kath Weston (1992):
Growth in ‘Quasi-
Marriages’

7. There are many ways in which this topic could be presented in an exam. The
following are some themes that would be useful to make a note of:
> Is the Nuclear Family a Universal Institution?
> Is the Family a Declining Institution?
> Modernity vs. Post-Modernity
> Social Policy & the Family