Modern Couples Sharing Money, Sharing Life

JANET STOCKS is Director of the Center for Academic and Professional Success, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, USA. She is a sociologist with an interest in education, the family, religion and qualitative methods.
BJÖRN HALLERÖD is Professor of Sociology, Umeå University, Sweden. Since the mid-1980s he has worked extensively on issues related to income distribution, poverty and living conditions. He is currently looking at the relationship between different welfare problems and longitudinal research on individual changes in living conditions.
CAPITOLENA DÍAZ MARTINEZ is Associate Professor, University of Oviedo, Spain and Director of the Women and Science Unit of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. She conducts cross-national studies on the role of money in couple relationships and studies on women, science and the potential for positive action.

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-Martínez, C.Nyman & J.Stocks * Elusive Independence in a Context of Gender Equality: Swedish Women’s Use of Money as a Means of “Doing” Economic Independence in Coupledom–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-Martínez & 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