
Divisions and Solidarities
Gender, Class and Employment in Latin America
Alison MacEwen Scott(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 8. December 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-415-01850-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
404 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-01850-0 (9780415018500)
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Person
Alison MacEwen Scott is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Essex.
Content
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;