- Author:
Wang Yun
- Institution:
Uniwersytet SWPS
- Year of publication:
2019
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
79-89
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/ap201904
- PDF:
ap/22/ap2204.pdf
Transformation of the Chinese family in the legal aspect: towards individualism or familism?
In this paper, I investigate the change in the term of a family in the context of modern Chinese family law, with a consideration of its historical- cultural context. The article concludes that the changes in family law in the recent four decades presents both a individualization tendency and familistic tendency. However, the two tendencies appear in laws and regulations concerned with different family relationships. Between the spouses, an obvious individualization inclination was gradually introduced. Whereas, facing a social reality of aging society and highly mobile life style, which causes providing for elders more difficult than before, the law intends to support intergenerational ties, and in this way promote a familistic outlook.
- Author:
Janusz Mariański
- E-mail:
januszm@kul.pl
- Institution:
Wyższa Szkoła Nauk Społecznych z siedzibą w Lublinie
- ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0620-8000
- Year of publication:
2023
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
40-54
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/ve.2023.03.05
- PDF:
ve/7/ve705.pdf
Individualization Processes in the Family
The article is a generalized reflection on the moral condition of the modern family, with particular emphasis on the Polish family. Against the background of the classical view of the family, the processes of individualization in the modern family, both in general and specific dimensions, have been presented. Our discussion based on the findings of one’s own and other sociologists’ research indicate the slow processes of detraditionalization and individualization of marital and family life, as well as its internal secularization. We assume that the collected empirical data essentially reflects the actual views, opinions, preferences and attitudes of Polish youth and provides a good sociological portrait of both the young and older generation of Poles. The article mainly contains some generalizations based on empirical research.