Solidarités conjugales. Modalités et conséquences des dimensions économiques de la solidarité au sein de trois générations de couples
The observation of financial exchanges within three generations of couples living in Switzerland allows us to identify two principal models of economic solidarity : solidarity through a complementarity based on differentiated contributions to the wellbeing of the household and on the interdependenc...
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description | The observation of financial exchanges within three generations of couples living in Switzerland allows us to identify two principal models of economic solidarity : solidarity through a complementarity based on differentiated contributions to the wellbeing of the household and on the interdependence of spouses and the partenarial solidarity wherein both are seen as a financial provider. These modes of solidarity are adopted differently depending on the generations and stages in the marital history. Here we show their sometimes ambivalent consequences on the principles of equity governing the domestic economy, as well as on individual access to financial resources. This article thus allows us to better understand the processes of reproduction and perpetuation of domestic arrangements going against the egalitarian norm that is nonetheless developed by a majority of contemporary couples. |
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spelling | doaj.art-abba635dcad4498eb51b1ba8bc1cf5ea2024-02-13T13:18:02ZengUniversité Catholique de LouvainRecherches Sociologiques et Anthropologiques1782-15922033-74852016-12-0147213515110.4000/rsa.1767Solidarités conjugales. Modalités et conséquences des dimensions économiques de la solidarité au sein de trois générations de couplesCaroline HenchozFrancesca Poglia MiletiThe observation of financial exchanges within three generations of couples living in Switzerland allows us to identify two principal models of economic solidarity : solidarity through a complementarity based on differentiated contributions to the wellbeing of the household and on the interdependence of spouses and the partenarial solidarity wherein both are seen as a financial provider. These modes of solidarity are adopted differently depending on the generations and stages in the marital history. Here we show their sometimes ambivalent consequences on the principles of equity governing the domestic economy, as well as on individual access to financial resources. This article thus allows us to better understand the processes of reproduction and perpetuation of domestic arrangements going against the egalitarian norm that is nonetheless developed by a majority of contemporary couples.https://journals.openedition.org/rsa/1767sociologysolidarityfamilyequalityeconomyhistory |
spellingShingle | Caroline Henchoz Francesca Poglia Mileti Solidarités conjugales. Modalités et conséquences des dimensions économiques de la solidarité au sein de trois générations de couples Recherches Sociologiques et Anthropologiques sociology solidarity family equality economy history |
title | Solidarités conjugales. Modalités et conséquences des dimensions économiques de la solidarité au sein de trois générations de couples |
title_full | Solidarités conjugales. Modalités et conséquences des dimensions économiques de la solidarité au sein de trois générations de couples |
title_fullStr | Solidarités conjugales. Modalités et conséquences des dimensions économiques de la solidarité au sein de trois générations de couples |
title_full_unstemmed | Solidarités conjugales. Modalités et conséquences des dimensions économiques de la solidarité au sein de trois générations de couples |
title_short | Solidarités conjugales. Modalités et conséquences des dimensions économiques de la solidarité au sein de trois générations de couples |
title_sort | solidarites conjugales modalites et consequences des dimensions economiques de la solidarite au sein de trois generations de couples |
topic | sociology solidarity family equality economy history |
url | https://journals.openedition.org/rsa/1767 |
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