Question

Common words on family in Sociology: What is norm of legitimacy?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The norm of legitimacy is the rule that children should be born out of wedlock. Children must be born only between married couples.

Answer 2

1. Families may be classified into two categories based on their organisational structure: nuclear families and extended/joint families.

(i) Nuclear Family:

(ii) Extended / Joint Family:

(i) Patriarchal Family:

(ii) Matriarchal Family:

(i) Patrilocal Family:

(ii) Matrilocal Family:

(iii) Neolocal Residence:

(iv) Avunculocal Family:

2. In political science and sociology, legitimacy is usually described as the idea that a rule, institution, or leader has the authority to govern. It is an individual's assessment of the legitimacy of a hierarchy between a rule or ruler and its subject, as well as the subordinate's responsibilities to the rule or ruler.