The Social and Political Economy of the Household

by Anderson, Michael; Bechhofer, Frank; Gershuny, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9780198279389
• ISBN10: 0198279388
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-01-12
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This collection provides new insights into British household economic behavior by exploring the frontier between economics and sociology. Drawing on data from the groundbreaking Social Change and Economic Life Initiative, the contributors present a comprehensive analysis of six representative towns to illuminate the ways in which households sustain themselves over time and the role of gender in modern society.

Table of Contents

The Social Change and Economic Life Initiative	p. ii
Also Published in this Series	p. ii
Foreword	p. v
Notes on Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Conclusions	p. 15
Choice and Constraint in Household Strategies	p. 17
Individual and Household Strategies*	p. 19
Getting By and Making Out in Kirkcaldy*	p. 68
Working-Time Patterns, Constraints, and Preferences*	p. 100
The Labour Market: Friend or Foe?*	p. 133
Patterns of Change in the Domestic Division of Labour	p. 149
The Domestic Labour Revolution: a Process of Lagged Adaptation?	p. 151
Household Time Allocation and Women's Labour Force Participation	p. 198
Notes	p. 222
Money in the Household*	p. 225
Notes	p. 263
Methodological Appendix: The Social Change and Economic Life Initiative	p. 267
Bibliography	p. 277
Index	p. 283
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