Andere Kunden interessierten sich auch für
![Inventions: Their Development, Purchase and Sale]( "Inventions: Their Development, Purchase and Sale")
Inventions: Their Development, Purchase and Sale23,99 €![A Decade of Namibia: Politics, Economy and Society - The Era Pohamba, 2004-2015]( "A Decade of Namibia: Politics, Economy and Society - The Era Pohamba, 2004-2015")
A Decade of Namibia: Politics, Economy and Society - The Era Pohamba, 2004-201530,99 €![Disturbing Elements in the Study and Teaching of Political Economy]( "Disturbing Elements in the Study and Teaching of Political Economy")
Disturbing Elements in the Study and Teaching of Political Economy20,99 €![Playbooks and Checkbooks]( "Playbooks and Checkbooks")
Playbooks and Checkbooks47,99 €![The Sage Encyclopedia of Economics and Society]( "The Sage Encyclopedia of Economics and Society")
The Sage Encyclopedia of Economics and Society811,99 €![White Servitude in Colonial South Carolina]( "White Servitude in Colonial South Carolina")
White Servitude in Colonial South Carolina20,99 €![Seventh Annual Conference: Report of the Proceedings]( "Seventh Annual Conference: Report of the Proceedings")
Seventh Annual Conference: Report of the Proceedings20,99 €
In their personal lives, people consider it essential to separate economics and intimacy. We have, for example, a long-standing taboo against workplace romance, while we see marital love as different from prostitution because it is not a fundamentally financial exchange. In The Purchase of Intimacy, Viviana Zelizer mounts a provocative challenge to this view. Getting to the heart of one of life's greatest taboos, she shows how we all use economic activity to create, maintain, and renegotiate important ties--especially intimate ties--to other people. In everyday life, we invest intense effort and worry to strike the right balance. For example, when a wife's income equals or surpasses her husband's, how much more time should the man devote to household chores or child care? Sometimes legal disputes arise. Should the surviving partner in a same-sex relationship have received compensation for a partner's death as a result of 9/11? Through a host of compelling examples, Zelizer shows us why price is central to three key areas of intimacy: sexually tinged relations; health care by family members, friends, and professionals; and household economics. She draws both on research and materials ranging from reports on compensation to survivors of 9/11 victims to financial management Web sites and advice books for same-sex couples. From the bedroom to the courtroom, The Purchase of Intimacy opens a fascinating new window on the inner workings of the economic processes that pervade our private lives.