Social change and marriage structure in Nigeria

A Study on Social Structure, Marriage and a Romantic Relation

For marriage, we need at least a positive tendency but a forced or expedient marriage leads to divorce. Living in a society full of loving and respecting each other is necessary and it is an outcome of an organized family. This paper tries to analyze the effect of social structure on establishment of sustainable relation and emotional relationship. We can examine this subject from two point ...

Marriage, Rank, and Seasonal Migration: Fractality in Social Structure

Canela Marriage: Factors in Change

2002: This chapter was reproduced on the Canela/Department of Anthropology/Smithsonian website with the permission of Kenneth M. Kensinger. I have not changed the facts presented in this 1984-published article, but have altered many sentences and paragraphs with the help of Jean Crocker to enhance the comprehension of the reader. Data were updated where indicated. I collected materials for this...

Marriage and society. Studies in the social history of marriage

The translation is preceded by a short historical note on Maimonides, a brief description of the background to Mishnah Torah and a glossary of technical terms for those not acquainted with Jewish terminology. Although the terseness of the Hebrew language and the difficulties of rendering it into English are referred to, the translation is readable and lucid. There is, however, no indication of ...

Conceptualisation of Family Structure in Nigeria

Given that social institutions are the basis of any society, they must ideally operate in unison with functional necessities for any society to function and then flourish. The plethora of issues confronting Nigeria as a country may be traced back to weak, incompetent, and dysfunctional social institutions that have failed to alter the status quo. According to Talcott Parsons, society is analogo...