Maureen Baker

Marriage in an Age of Cohabitation: How and When People Tie the Knot in the Twenty-First Century

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In Marriage in the Age of Cohabitation, sociologists Maureen Baker and Vivienne Elizabeth present a cutting-edge discussion of contemporary ideas about marriage and living together. They explore the reasons why certain couples - both same-sex and different-sex - who cohabitate eventually decide to formalize their long-term relationship, and whether formalization actually makes a difference for the couple and those around them. While the decision to marry hasevolved from previous generations, so have the practices surrounding wedding rituals. The authors discuss aspects of the wedding industry, examining which traditions couples are retaining… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Elizabeth, Vivienne

ISBN: 978-0-19-900263-4
EAN: 9780199002634
Produktnummer: 22405185
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 209 S.
Masse: H22.6 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.8 cm 249 g
Gewicht: 249

Über den Autor

Maureen Baker is one of Canada's most respected sociologists, having taught at McGill University and the University of Toronto. She is now a professor of sociology at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. The author of eighteen books and countless scholarly articles, her previously published works include Academic Careers and the Gender Gap (UBC Press, 2012), Choices and Constraints in Family Life (OUP, 2010), Families: Changing Trends inCanada (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2009), and Restructuring Family Policies: Convergences and Divergences (UTP, 2006). Vivienne Elizabeth is a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. She has published widely on the sociology of family, including scholarly articles and book chapters in the area of money management amongst cohabiting couples and family violence.