The tenacity of the couple-norm intimate citizenship regimes in a changing Europe

The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm explores the ongoing strength and insidious grip of couple-normativity across changing landscapes of law, policy and everyday life in four contrasting national contexts: the UK, Bulgaria, Norway and Portugal.By investigating how the couple-norm is lived and experience...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roseneil, Sasha
Other Authors: Crowhurst, Isabel, Hellesund, Tone, Santos, Ana Cristina
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London UCL Press 2020, 2020©2020
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part I, Identifying the couple-norm. 1. Introduction ; 2. Questioning the couple-form ; 3. Approach and core concepts
  • Part II, Couple-normativity in European intimate citizenship regimes. 4. Overview of couple-normativity in European intimate citizenship regimes ; 5. The United Kingdom intimate citizenship regime ; 6. The Bulgarian intimate citizenship regime ; 7. The Norwegian intimate citizenship regime ; 8. The Portuguese intimate citizenship regime
  • Part III, Case studies in living with and against the couple-norm. 9. Interviewees and methodology ; 10. Living with and against the couple-norm in London ; 11. Living with and against the couple-norm in Sofia ; 12. Living with and against the couple-norm in Oslo ; 13. Living with and against the couple-norm in Lisbon
  • Part IV, The tenacity of the couple-norm. 14. Understanding the tenacity of the couple-norm ; 15. Imagining intimate citizenship beyond the couple-norm
  • Part V, Methodological appendix