| Creating and Transforming Households: The Constraints of the World-Economy Contributor(s): Smith, Joan (Author), Wallerstein, Immanuel (Author), Del Carmen Baerga, Maria (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0521427134 ISBN-13: 9780521427135 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1992 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Macroeconomics - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 339.22 |
| LCCN: 91029344 |
| Series: Studies in Modern Capitalism = |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.01" W x 9.03" (0.99 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |