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Creating and Transforming Households: The Constraints of the World-Economy (Studies in Modern Capitalism)

By Immanuel Wallerstein , Joan Smith

Book information

Year
1992
ISBN
0521415527, 9780521415521, 0521427134, 9780521427135, 9780511520860
LCC
HC79.I5 C74 1992
Open Library ID
OL1549719M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5690471 bytes)
Pages
319\319
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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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