The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm: Intimate citizenship regimes in a changing Europe

The Tenacity Of The Couple-norm Explores The Ongoing Strength And Insidious Grip Of Couple-normativity Across Changing Landscapes Of Law, Policy And Everyday Life In Four Contrasting National Contexts: The Uk, Bulgaria, Norway And Portugal. By Investigating How The Couple-norm Is Lived And Experienced, How It Has Changed Over Time, And How It Varies Between Places And Social Groups, This Book Provides A Detailed Analysis Of Changing Intimate Citizenship Regimes In Europe, And Makes A Major Intervention In Understandings Of The Contemporary Condition Of Personal Life. The Authors Develop The Feminist Concept Of ‘intimate Citizenship’ And Propose The New Concept Of ‘intimate Citizenship Regime’, Offering A Study Of Intimate Citizenship Regimes As Normative Systems That Have Been Undergoing Profound Change In Recent Decades. Against The Backdrop Of Processes Of De-patriarchalization, Liberalization, Pluralization And Homonormalization, The Ongoing Potency Of The Couple-norm Becomes Ever Clearer.