Abstract: | Since the beginning of sociological thinking, family has been considered a basic unit maintaining the reproduction of society at biological level as well as at the level of social rules, norms, values, and institutions. However, the modernization of intimate relationships has brought the possibility of leaving an unsatisfactory marriage. A relatively new phenomenon gaining importance in recent decades has been the widespread divorce culture, which has been leading towards possible affecting social reproduction mechanisms. The theoretical question at the general level is: How will the mechanisms of social reproduction differ when the possibility of legal separation creates a growing category of people forced to redefine their directions in life and their reproduction strategies? What new reproduction mechanisms will emerge when a considerable percentage of children are socialized in single-parent and patchwork families?. |
