Who does the dishes and cleans the bathroom? In couple relationships it is still a question of gender who does the majority of housework. The study deals with domestic work arrangements in couple relationships in connection with the aspect of power, which has been neglected by studies of family sociology. In order to explain the continuity of the traditional division of labour in European regions, a theoretical typology of power is developed.
Ruth Abramowski
power-capabilities approach Power-Capability Approach Macht power traditional division of household labor traditionelle innerhäusliche Arbeitsteilung domestic work Hausarbeiten criticism of egalitarianism Egalitarismuskritik europäischer Regionenvergleich (NUTS1) regional comparison (NUTS1) Mehrebenenanalyse multilevel analysis gender equality