Modern Couples Sharing Money, Sharing Life

This collection is the result of a five-year-long collaboration of sociologists in three countries: Sweden, Spain and the United States. In-depth, extended interviews with couples exploring many aspects of their daily lives provide significant insights into the impact of modernity, gender roles, and expectations concerning the meaning of money and the complex financial reality of households. Read Forbes' take on Janet Stock's book: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/10/16/ap4226514.html

JANET STOCKS is Director of the Center for Academic and Professional Success, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, USA. She is a sociologist with an interest in education, the family, religion and qualitative methods.

BJÖRN HALLERÖD is Professor of Sociology, Umeå University, Sweden. Since the mid-1980s he has worked extensively on issues related to income distribution, poverty and living conditions. He is currently looking at the relationship between different welfare problems and longitudinal research on individual changes in living conditions.

CAPITOLENA DÍAZ MARTINEZ is Associate Professor, University of Oviedo, Spain and Director of the Women and Science Unit of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. She conducts cross-national studies on the role of money in couple relationships and studies on women, science and the potential for positive action.