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Unit 24: Impact of Industrialisation, Urbanisation and Modernisation on Joint Family
Sukanya Das, Lovely Professional University

Unit 24: Impact of Industrialisation, Urbanisation Notes

and Modernisation on Joint Family

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
24.1 Impact of Industrialisation, Urbanisation and Modernisation on Family
24.2 Changes in Indian Family

24.3 Summary
24.4 Keywords
24.5 Review Questions

24.5 Further Readings

Objectives
After studying this unit, students will be able to:
• Know the impact of industrialisation on joint family.
• Know the impact of urbanisation on joint family.
• Know the impact of modernisation on joint family.
• Get knowledge of impact of new social arrangement on joint family.

Introduction
Indian family is a form of socialist community and joint families have been an important feature
of Indian social structure since ancient time. Here joint family appears as an original institution
showing the ideals of social life which includes all events after a lot of development has taken
place in the individualistic aspect of people. In western countries ‘A family’ mean a group of
husband-wife and their unmarried children. If a group that have husband-wife and their un-
married children is known as a family, then it is better to say ‘joint family’ to a group which
consists more than one couple their sons, grandsons and some more relatives living together. A
joint family states the Hindu ideology and presents a beautiful ideal of group welfare.

24.1 Impact of Industrialisation, Urbanisation and Modernisation on Family

There are many factors which brought about changes in joint families. As per Batomore, “the
disintegration of joint families is not only the result of several conditions related to industri-
alisation but the main reason is that the joint families have failed to fulfill the requirements of
economic development. According to Dr. Kapadia, “spread of education, new judicial system
and a changed mentality have played an important role in the disintegration of joint families.
Although joint families have been performing important functions in the Indian society and
protecting its members for hundreds of years, however, nowadays it is changing fast accord-

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