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Immigrant Women Challenge the Role of Men: How the Changing Power Relationship within Iranian Families in Sweden Intensifies Family Conflicts after Immigration
Author(s)Darvishpour, Mehrdad
AbstractIf one is to describe and analyze the power of women in families in the Western world today, one should also discuss the situation of women in immigrant families. We know that the situation of women in Sweden is the best in an international perspective. They have one of the most independent positions in the family in the western world. Compared to the rest of Europe and by international standards family instability and divorce rate is very high in Sweden. Popenoe points out that family change and disruption in Sweden is higher than in most of the World, which is a clear symbol for future trends in western societies. But we do not know very much about the effect of migration on the family life of immigrants of different cultural backgrounds. Some research about immigrant families in Sweden, who emigrated from a third world country could help us to illustrate the ethnic aspect of family research in the western world. In recent times, the situation of women and the intensified power conflicts in immigrant families in Sweden have been given increased attention. Research into the distribution of power in the family and its consequences for family conflicts among immigrants in Sweden is, however, limited. This research has primarily focused on psychological aspects and seldom on the power dynamic within the family. Research on immigrant families is problematic and complicated, and the situation varies greatly between immigrants from different countries and cultures and of different social backgrounds. The concept “immigrant” is also problematic, and it is not always clear what is meant by the term immigrant. In this chapter immigrant means people who were born abroad of non-Swedish parents.
IssueNo2
Pages271-296
ArticleAccess to Article
SourceJournal of Comparative Family Studies
VolumeNo33
PubDateSpring 2002
ISBN_ISSN0047-2328


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