SOCI 415 Chapter n/a: Bargaining and Power in Relationships R
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The focus of this research was not on "power cake" is divided up between spouses but rather on the opera processes and mechanisms that can explain why change toward gender equality marriage is so slow. The research focused on power mechanisms and processes rather than on their outcomes. Theoretical background the outcome of decision making is still considered the primary indicator of marital power (mcdonald 1980, p. 846), and underlying structural inequality remains underestimated. Weber defined power as the ability of enforcing one" even against resistance. The assumption that power is exercised in a direct, observable conflict over i recognized as relevant. The two-dimensional view o on potential issues, which remain invisible as a result. In this view, the exercise of power is not necessarily based on observable conflict, but may also ensue from covert, although in principle observable, conflict. Third dimension is latent conflict, a hidden discrepancy of interests of those exercising power and those subject to this power.
