Creating and Transforming Households The Constraints of the World-Economy

Name: Creating and Transforming Households The Constraints of the World-Economy
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ISBN: 9780521427135

ISBN-10: 0521427134

ISBN-13: 9780521427135

Edition: 1992

Authors: Joan M. Smith, Immanuel Wallerstein, Kathie Friedman Kasaba, Kathleen Stanley, Randall H. McGuire

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This book 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…

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List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/27/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.94" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Immanuel Wallerstein has been a Senior Research Scholar at Yale University since 2000, having taught previously at many distinguished universities. Among his many books, he is the author of the magisterial 4-volume work, The Modern World System. Volume IV is recently published.

Kathleen Stanley,C.D.E., R.D., M.S.Ed.is thediabetes education program coordinator. Connie C. Crawley, M.S., R.D., L.D.(Athens, GA), is anutrition and health specialist.



Preface




Household as an institution of the world-economy




The united States




The Detroit Story: the crucible of Fordism




New York City: the underside of the world's capital




Binghamton: the secrets of a backwater




Puerto Rico: from colony to colony




Mexico




Mexico City: the slow rise of wage-centered households




Central Mexico: the decline of subsistence and the rise of poverty




Southern Africa




The Witwatersrand: black households, white households




Lesotho: the creation of the households William G. Martin



Core-periphery and household structures



Postscript on method



Bibliography