Marital Power/Resource Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7075899 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Graham Allan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosm028 |
| OpenAlex | W3156066647 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Questions about inequalities in marriage and the distribution of power within the relationship have long been a concern within family sociology. In particular, ideas about historic shifts in the dominance of husbands/fathers within families have vied with feminist‐inspired views of the continuing significance of patriarchal control in both public and private spheres. The former perspective was captured well in Burgess's (Burgess & Locke 1945) influential idea of a shift from “marriage as an institution” to “marriage as a relationship,” with some seeing the growth of “companionate” marriage as a sure indicator that marriage would increasingly become a relationship of equality (Clark 1991). (See Young & Willmott 1973 for a particularly optimistic analysis.) Others, however, argued that marriage continued to be a structurally unequal relationship as a consequence of both the differential opportunities open to men and women, especially in the workplace, and the continuation of a highly gendered division of labor within the home (see, e.g., Delphy & Leonard 1992
Distribution (mathematics · Division of labour · Dominance (genetics · Inequality · Institution · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Power (physics · Social science · Sociology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |