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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- The study and its participants -- Book outline -- 2 Gender equality in families -- Family and equality -- Equality as a political vision -- Swedish family policy in brief -- Slow processes of change -- Gender equality - in which families? -- 3 Autonomy and togetherness -- The individualisation of love and family life -- Two approaches to the self and togetherness -- Four elementary types of human relationships -- Obligations and rights in couple relationships -- 4 Negotiations, conditions and strategies -- Family culture and ethical principles -- Negotiations -- Conflicts, power and influence -- 5 Division of labour in the household: ideals, influence and conflicts -- Contented and discontented couples -- One party governs -- Both parties govern -- Summarising comments -- Female governance and subordination -- 6 How is equality in division of labour created? -- Principles of justice behind divisions of labour -- Three approaches to the division of labour and gender equality -- Ideals and practice -- Some reflections -- 7 Sharing and allocating money -- Money: control and management -- Allocation and distribution of money: empirical examples -- Sharing and sense of justice -- Control over joint and separate money -- The role of close kin in economic negotiations -- Different understandings of equality in allocation of money -- 8 Posing boundaries and managing conflicts -- Conflicts in numbers -- Children as a source of conflict -- Time for self -- Different styles of conflict resolution -- Concluding comments -- 9 The multifaceted gender equality -- A complex picture -- Equality and togetherness -- Autonomy and equality -- Transgressing gender boundaries -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index