Outputs (30)

Age-dissimilar couples and romantic relationships: Ageless love? by Lara McKenzie [Book review] (2016)
Journal Article

Book review

Sex, Love and Security: Accounts of Distance and Commitment in Living Apart Together Relationships (2016)
Journal Article

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Drawing on a 2011 national survey and 50 semi-structured interviews, we explore the differing ways in which those in living apart together (LAT) relationships discuss and experience notions of commitment. We found that s... Read More about Sex, Love and Security: Accounts of Distance and Commitment in Living Apart Together Relationships.

The sociology of love (2015)
Journal Article

In a recent Sociological Review paper Julia Carter​, Senior Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University, reported on the curious absence of love in young women's account of their relationships. She found that many of these women struggled to talk... Read More about The sociology of love.

Practices and perceptions of living apart together (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014, © 2014 The Author(s). Published by Routledge. This paper examines how people living apart together (LATs) maintain their relationships, and describes how they view this living arrangement. It draws on a 2011 survey on LAT in Britain, suppleme... Read More about Practices and perceptions of living apart together.

The curious absence of love stories in women's talk (2013)
Journal Article

Sociological debate has dealt with love in a number of different ways. For some, love offers a unique opportunity; it is a path to salvation (Jackson, 1993; Langford, 1999). Others, however, take a more sceptical approach to love in modern society: f... Read More about The curious absence of love stories in women's talk.

Why do people live apart together? (2013)
Journal Article

© The authors 2013. Interpretations of living apart together (LAT) have typically counter-posed 'new family form' versus 'continuist' perspectives. Recent surveys, however, construct LAT as a heterogeneous category that supports a 'qualified continui... Read More about Why do people live apart together?.

Legal rights for people who 'Live Apart Together'? (2012)
Journal Article

About 10% of adults in Britain have a living apart together (LAT) relationship; they are nearly always administratively and legally defined as single but in fact they have a partner who lives elsewhere. The question then arises, should LAT couples ha... Read More about Legal rights for people who 'Live Apart Together'?.

What is commitment? women's accounts of intimate attachment (2012)
Journal Article

© The Policy Press 2012. Commitment is a widely acknowledged concern among the general public as well as among academics and scholars. What commitment actually constitutes, however, is not easily defined. This article explores existing theories of co... Read More about What is commitment? women's accounts of intimate attachment.

Study report: An interview study exploring understandings and perceptions of different-sex civil partnerships
Report

Civil Partnership Initial Summary Report
Report

Jones, B., Hayfield, N., Carter, J. and Jowett, A. (2021) Study report: An interview study exploring understandings and perceptions of different-sex civil partnerships (unpublished).