Introduction

• Term coined by Auguste Comte.
• Competition: Opposing one another to attain the goal only one can entertain.
• Conflict: Eliminating opponent to reach a goal.
• Accommodation: Developing working agreement between conflicting group.

Types of Family

A) Family based on authority:

a) Equalitarian family:

• Husband and wife exercise a more or less equal amount of authority.

b) Matricentric family:

• In absence of father, mother get a dominant position in the family.

B) Family based on descent:

a) Patrilineal descent:

• Person with a group of relatives who are related to him through father.

b) Matrilineal descent:

• Person with a group of relatives who are related to him through mother.

C) Based on residence:

a) Patrilocal (Sasurali ma jane):

• Lives near domicile of the parents of bridegroom.

b) Matrilocal (Ghar jwai):

• Lives near the domicile of the parents of Bride.

c) Bilocal :

• Gives choice of staying with either the groom parent or bride parents.

d) Neolocal:

• Lives near maternal uncle of the groom or bride.

e) Avuneulocal:

• Lives near the uncle of the groom.