Abstract
Globalization has strong impact on individuals and societies at large and family as most the most essential and fundamental cell in society is no exception. Nowadays, family has lost some of its basic internal functions whilst widespread and all present technological aids, strong needs for independence and individualism furthermore contribute to estrangement of and family members’ alienation. At the same time, status and roles of family members within family are changing as well. Despite these global trends and changes, family continues to be considered the most essential and supremely significant social institution, which gratifies and serves many individual and collective functions. This paper surveys family systems and transformations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially post-war and contemporary family developments.
Highlights
Has always been a subject of interest of social as well as natural sciences
Transmission of memories in the post-war context of Bosnia and Herzegovina as suggested by Jordanova (2012) is not a clear-cut process, still one may notice its presence in BiH society in terms of fragmentation of history, handicapped sense of selfhood and belonging in children and a crisis of the paternal function in the family (Jordanova, 2012) and impaired personal skills, indicating personal challenge of family members
Investigation and study field has long considered the issue of family issues with particular attention to how families cope with stress related to various life transitions
Summary
Has always been a subject of interest of social as well as natural sciences. In its essence and nature, family consists of individuals whose genetic and psychological makeup influences its existence, functioning and internal dynamics. Multitude and vehemence of these changes demand socio- psychological adjustment of family and its members and, at the same time, are great sources of individual, familial and societal stress which, in a different way, influence family system and structure and society in general (destabilizing them).
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