Janet Stocks, Björn Halleröd

Modern Couples Sharing Money, Sharing Life (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Díaz-Martínez, C.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This collection is the result of a five-year-long collaboration of sociologists in Sweden, Spain and the United States. In-depth, extended interviews with couples explore their daily lives and provide insights into the impact of modernity, gender roles, and expectations of the meaning of money and the complex financial reality of households.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230582774
• Artikelnr.: 45964991

Autorenporträt

SANDRA DEMA University of Oviedo, Spain MARTA IBÁÑEZ University of Oviedo, Spain CHARLOTT NYMAN Umeå University, Sweden LASSE REINIKAINEN Umeå University, Sweden FRANK WILSON University of Pittsburgh, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: The Role of Money in "Doing Couple"; J.Stocks An Overview: Research on Couples and Money; S.Dema & C.Nyman Our Methods; C.Díaz , C.Nyman & J.Stocks Elusive Independence in a Context of Gender in Sweden; C.Nyman & L.Reinikainen The Meaning of Breadwinning in Dual-Earner Couples; F.Wilson & J.Stocks The Intertwining of Money and Love in Couple Relationships; C.Díaz-Martínez , S.Dema & M.Ibáñez Doing Gender While Doing Couple: Concluding Remarks; B.Halleröd , C.Díaz & J.Stocks Appendix A Protocol for Interviewing Couples Appendix B Protocol for Interviewing Individuals Appendix C Standardized demographic Survey Questionnaire Appendix D The Comprehensive Code List for Analysis of Interviews References Index

Rezensionen

'..[A] crucial resource for students of households, love and money' - Viviana Zelizer, Lloyd Cotsen '50 Professor of Sociology, Princeton University

'Riveting. I could not put it down...one of the most interesting and engaging sociology books I've read in a long time.'- Carolyn Vogler, Senior Lecturer, City University, London

'...original and insightful...it shows how, in three very different countries, money ties couples together but causes conflicts, allows independence but causes dependence' - Jan Pahl, Professor Emeritus of Social Policy, University of Kent