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Family Decision-Making: A Developmental Sex Role Model (SAGE Library of Social Research)
Family DecisionMaking A Developmental Sex Role Model - SAGE Library of Social Research Author:John Scanzoni, Maximiliane Szinovacz The authors present a new model of the process of family decision-making that takes into account the importance of sex roles. They use a series of couples as examples that illustrate the model at various stages of the life cycle. They also consider how decision-making is changing. A major contribution to the study of sexual politics and bargaini... more »ng within relationships. 'The authors are to be commended for their attempt to bring order to the complexities of family decisioning, and their work should stimulate further research in the area. Their focussing upon couples and families rather than individuals and their extension of the concept of "family" to nontraditional arrangements also are commendable.' -- Journal of Marriage« less