Evolution of the structure family
Since the industrial revolution, a new economic paradigm has created a new social
behavior based on accelerated production and consumption that is constantly
evolving. Due to these cultural changes, family structure has been changing. In
effect, we can see how the family system at the present time, regarding the past,
has significant differences in terms of structure and family functioning. Therefore,
throughout the text will be exposed the different kinds of family that have taken a
place in the history. Subsequently, an analysis will be made about the
characteristics of the current family. All this is exposed keeping in mind the social,
cultural and economic evolution, and how with industrial revolution, the world was
divided into two major economies: core countries and peripheral countries1.
The traditional family is characterized by have many members and a patriarchal
distribution, namely that the power is unequal between women and men. This type
of family was the basis of the social and economic structure before the industrial
revolution. In this sense, the family was a unit of economic production (agricultural
or crafts) and consumption because family and work were closely related: they
worked in family, with property and on the grounds of the family and family
members[CITATION Sal04 \l 9226 ]. Furthermore, it wasn’t something private but a
