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One of the core elements in theoretical considerations of late (second, reflexive, liquid, post) modernity and the process of individualization is a claim that people are establishing, organizing, constructing and doing relationships-in-couple during a historical moment when presumed ‘traditional’ and/or ‘normative’ models have been, in varying degrees, ‘breaking down’. This includes, of course, the male breadwinner/female housewife family or household type, which we will focus on in this chapter.
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Wilson, F., Stocks, J. (2007). The Meaning of Breadwinning in Dual-Earner Couples. In: Stocks, J., Díaz, C., Halleröd, B. (eds) Modern Couples Sharing Money, Sharing Life. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582774_5
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