The Dilemma of Coalition Instability in Consensual Nonmonogamy: Three Against Two Against One

by James K. Beggan

Different forms of consensual nonmonogamy, such as polyamory and swinging, have achieved greater prominence in daily conversation and representation in mass media. Although advocates recognize that the presence of additional people creates difficulties, the author argues that this greater complexity may lead to unavoidable instability. Drawing from classic work by Georg Simmel as well as modern research in the social sciences, James K. Beggan considers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1793619379
• ISBN13: 9781793619372
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"