Creating and Transforming Households: The Constraints of the World-Economy (Studies in Modern Capitalism)
Joan Smith, Immanuel Wallerstein
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.
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Année:
1992
Editeur::
Cambridge University Press
Langue:
english
Pages:
319
ISBN 10:
0521427134
ISBN 13:
9780521427135
Fichier:
PDF, 5.43 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1992