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CREATING AND TRANSFORMING HOUSEHOLDS
THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE WORLD-ECONOMY |
| By: |
Cynthia Woodsong, Joan Smith, Immanuel Wallerstein |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521415527 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521415521 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
27 August, 1992 |
| Series: |
Studies in Modern Capitalism |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
A systematic and original approach to the intimate link between the micro-structures of households and the structures of the capitalist world-economy. |
| Synopsis: |
This book, first published in 1992, seeks an explanation of the pattern of sharp discrepancy of wage levels across the world-economy for work of comparable productivity. It explores how far such differences can be explained by the different structures of households as 'income-pooling units', examining three key variables: location in the core or periphery of the world-economy; periods of expansion versus periods of contraction in the world-economy; and secular transformation over time. The authors argue that both the boundaries of households and their sources of income are molded by the changing patterns of the world-economy, but are also modes of defense against its pressures. Drawing empirical data from eight local regions in three different zones - the United States, Mexico and southern Africa - this book presents a systematic and original approach to the intimate link between the micro-structures of households and the structures of the capitalist world-economy at a global level. |
| Illustrations: |
16 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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