Power politics in the American marriage Scanzoni, John Primary Author mixed material bibliography Chicago Chicago: The Univesity of Chicago Press 1982 monographic en English

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Is the institution of marriage in America breaking down? Is marriage as we have known it largely irrelevant? Are the forms of marriage changing? Are the changes in women's roles in society related to the breakdown, irrelevance, and formal alteration of marriage? In this updated edition of his fundamental study of modern marriage, John Scanzoni challenges the widespread assumption that marriage is a dying institution. By analyzing the "reward seeking" which generates conflicts between males and females, he shows that marriage indeed has a future but that its form will continue to change as sex-role equality emerges both within and outside of marriage 248 Sca s0226735656 Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 248 Sca s E07000139 Non Fiction 248 Sca s 41EE9YH4MAL._SY466_.jpg 28234 2014-11-13 14:39:41 2025-01-24 16:37:03 machine generated