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Introduction: The Role of Money in ‘Doing Couple’

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How do dual-earner couples in Western industrialized capitalist democracies negotiate their daily lives? How do they manage and make decisions about money? How do they get the housework done? Who cares for the children? How do they think about their careers? How do different state supports for families, or lack thereof, affect the intimate negotiations that occur with these couples? And where do their couple and family relationships fit into their busy lives? These are the questions with which we began our study. These questions led us to develop an extended in-depth qualitative approach to our research, and began our conversations with couples about their lives.

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Stocks, J. (2007). Introduction: The Role of Money in ‘Doing Couple’. In: Stocks, J., Díaz, C., Halleröd, B. (eds) Modern Couples Sharing Money, Sharing Life. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582774_1

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