Alison Macewen Scott

Divisions and Solidarities

Gender, Class and Employment in Latin America

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Traditionally, class analysis has exaggerated the role of economic differentiation, particularly that of the informal economy, and has underestimated the degree of common consciousness amongst the labouring class'. In Divisions and Solidarities, Alison MacEwen Scott examines class analysis and the inter-relationship between gender and class which creates a shared interest between men and women in some contexts and a divergence of interest in others. Using case studies of the urban population in Latin America, she presents a major critique of existing class theories and presents a new theoretical treatment on class formation, the orthodoxy of the informal economy, class consciousness and political participation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780415018494
• ISBN-10: 0415018498
• Artikelnr.: 21945325

Autorenporträt

Alison MacEwen Scott is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Essex.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Class, gender and the informal sector
Chapter 3 Growth, inequality and mobility
Chapter 4 Family, gender and the labouring class
Chapter 5 Divisions amongst the labouring class
Chapter 6 Mobility within the labouring class I
Chapter 7 Mobility within the labouring class II
Chapter 8 Employment, family and class
Chapter 9 Consciousness and political action
Chapter 10 Conclusions