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sociology of family relationships  

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  • Family relationships have undergone significant change in many Western societies during the last twenty-five years, to such a degree that the American historian Francis Fukuyama has called this development the “Great Disruption.”Legal Responses to Demographical ChangeIn the United Kingdom, to illustrate, there were several major demographical characteristics associated with this phenomenon between 1960 and 1997. First, there was a decline in fertility, which fell by one third. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Family Relationships, Sociology Of]

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