Creating and Transforming Households: The Constraints of the World-Economy

by Joan Smith

2020-12-29 09:52:15

This book examines the intimate link between the micro-structures of households and the structures of the world-economy at a global level. It seeks to explain differences in wage levels for work of comparable productivity by examining the different s... Read more
This book examines the intimate link between the micro-structures of households and the structures of the world-economy at a global level. It seeks to explain differences in wage levels for work of comparable productivity by examining the different structures of households as "income-pooling units." The authors argue that the boundaries and sources of income of households are molded by the changing patterns of the world-economy, but are also modes of defense against its pressures. Empirical data is drawn from eight local regions in three different zones: the United States, Mexico and southern Africa. Less

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File size8.94 X 5.98 X 0.71 in
Print pages320
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date August 27, 1992
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780521427135

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