Ulla Bjornberg, Anna-Karin Kollind

Individualism and Families (eBook, ePUB)

Equality, Autonomy and Togetherness

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Individualism and Families develops current debates about individualism within families, particularly how partners understand and resolve tensions between the need for togetherness and personal autonomy, and how partners view and work with increasing gender equality. The book is based on a large Swedish study from one of the foremost European experts on the sociology of the family.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135167073
• Artikelnr.: 55280054

Autorenporträt

Ulla Björnberg is Professor of Sociology at the University of Göteborg, Sweden and is well known internationally as an expert in the comparative sociology of family life.

Anna-Karin Kollind is Lecturer and Researcher in Family Sociology, in the Department of Sociology, University of Göteborg. She has conducted research on stepfamilies, on social history of family counselling in Sweden and, with Ulla Björnberg, on dual-earner couples.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Families and Equality 3. Autonomy and Togetherness 4.
Negotiations, Premises and Strategies 5. Divisions of Labour in the Home -
Ideas, Influence and Conflict 6. How are Equal Divisions of Labour Created?
7. Dividing and Distributing Money 8. Setting Boundaries and Managing
Difficulties 9. Multifaceted Equality 10. Epilogue