
Explaining Western Success
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How Did European Families Come to Be?
People from populations with less intense kinship show greater individualism analytic thinking. The church's dissolution of intensive kinship represents the proverbial pebble that created a chain reaction of new institutions and increasing migration into urban areas. With the disappearance of intensive kinships, voluntary associations competed for members and had to organize themselves in ways that made them attractive.
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