Isolation of the Nuclear Family and Kinship Organization in Japan; A Hypothetical Approach to the Relationships Between the Family and Society.

The development of industrialization results in the structural isolation of the nuclear family in the context of kinship system, which should conceptually be distinguished from the isolation of the family in the context of social system. However, the isolated nuclear family tends to fall into family anomie, one of whose symptomatic manifestations is the isolation of the family. In a structural sense, the family anomie must be solved in one way or another. In Japanese society, the Dozoku-like occupational system is supposed to contribute to prevent isolated nuclear families of the urban middle class from falling into family anomie. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]