Family in transition environment

The broadest frame of this paper is the question of what society in transition means for family transition, and vice versa. The term 'transition' has a meaning that is appreciated widely enough for it include the largest, deeply rooted and easily recognized changes in a society, as well as those changes which are at first glance minor, less significant and less noticeable in everyday life, which mostly concern family. By pointing at the affect of the structural social changes on family, it is possible to emphasize the polarization of social structure, sharpening of negative economical processes, state of de institutionalization in a society and movement on the axis where the public and private life converge. Although the transition of family is naturally placed in the general social and cultural context, the autonomous flows of micro changes are not neglected and at this moment changes in the ground functions of family, especially its solidarity dimension and identity sphere should be emphasized.