Tove Thagaard

Professor emerita

Email tove.thagaard@sosgeo.uio.no

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Visiting address Moltke Moes vei 31 Harriet Holters hus N-0851 Oslo

Postal address Postboks 1096 Blindern N-0317 Oslo

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Academic Interests

Has worked within the fields of higher education and sociology of science. Fields of interests in the later years are gender issues, close relationships, sociology of love and qualitative methods.

Background

Mag.art in sociology at UiO in 1967
Researcher at NIFU in 1968
Research fellow at ISF (NAVF) 1968-72
Assistant profossor at ISO UiO 1973
Research fellow at ISO UiO 1979-82
Associate professor at ISO UiO from 1983
Dr.philos at ISO UiO in 1986
Professor at ISS UiO from 1998

Tags: Sociology

Thagaard, Tove (2016). Mellom profesjon og organisasjon - sykepleieres arbeidssituasjon i sykehus. In Neumann, Cecilie Elisabeth Basberg; Olsvold, Nina & Thagaard, Tove (Ed.), Omsorgsarbeidets sosiologi. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245016307. p. 81–107. Full text in Research Archive
Olsvold, Nina; Neumann, Cecilie Elisabeth Basberg & Thagaard, Tove (2016). Omsorg som sosialt fenomen, forskningsfelt og velferdstjeneste. In Neumann, Cecilie Elisabeth Basberg; Olsvold, Nina & Thagaard, Tove (Ed.), Omsorgsarbeidets sosiologi. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245016307. p. 11–30. Full text in Research Archive
Thagaard, Tove & Stefansen, Kari (2014). Expressions of commitment and independence: Exploring men’s emotional responsibility in heterosexual couple relationships. Nordic Journal of Social Research. 5(1). doi: 10.7577/njsr.2073. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This paper examines men’s contributions to the division of emotional labour in heterosexual couple relationships by exploring the dimensions of commitment and independence, and how couples deal with challenges. The study is based on individual interviews with each of the partners in ten urban middle-class couples in Norway. The results indicate diversity in middle-class men’s approaches to emotional responsibility, which is expressed through three models. The model of shared responsibility implies that the man’s contributions in the relationship represent expressions of responsive commitment. The man finds a balance between giving priority to his personal interests and considering shared interests; a pattern we refer to as collaborative independence, and he shares the responsibility for coping with challenges with his partner. The model of gendered responsibility implies that the man’s contributions in the relationship are characterized by non-responsive commitment. The man gives priority to his personal interests in a way we refer to as conflicting independence, and refrains from sharing the responsibility for coping with challenges with his partner. Finally, a third model, termed partial responsibility, is also evident in the data. This model is a combination of collaborative independence and non-responsive commitment, and may represent a phase of transition towards collaboration on an equal basis. A discussion of interpretations of the diversity in men’s approaches to commitment and independence concludes the paper.
Thagaard, Tove (2007). Menn i parforhold: Arbeid for kjærligheten - innsats for likeverdighet? Sosiologisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0804-0486. 15, p. 337–352. Full text in Research Archive
Thagaard, Tove (1997). Gender, Power and Love: A study of interaction between spouses. Acta Sociologica. ISSN 0001-6993. 40(4), p. 357–376. Full text in Research Archive

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Neumann, Cecilie Elisabeth Basberg; Olsvold, Nina & Thagaard, Tove (2016). Omsorgsarbeidets sosiologi. Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 9788245016307. 250 p. Full text in Research Archive
Thagaard, Tove (2013). Systematikk og innlevelse. En innføring i kvalitativ metode. 4 utg. Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 9788245014938. 239 p. Full text in Research Archive
Thagaard, Tove (2008). Systematikk og innlevelse: En innføring i kvalitativ metode. 3. utgave. Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 9788245007381. 250 p. Full text in Research Archive
Thagaard, Tove (2005). Følelser og fornuft. Kjærlighetens sosiologi. Abstrakt forlag. ISBN 9788279351900. 224 p. Full text in Research Archive
Thagaard, Tove (2003). Systematikk og innlevelse. En innføring i kvalitativ metode. Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 9788276748758. 224 p. Full text in Research Archive
Thagaard, Tove (1998). Systematikk og innlevelse. En innføring i kvalitativ metode. Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 9788276742787. 224 p. Full text in Research Archive
Thagaard, Tove (1996). Arbeid, makt og kjærlighet. Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 9788276742237. 212 p. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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