A Home Divided: Women and Income in the Third World - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804722137 ISBN 13: 9780804722131

Publisher: Stanford University Press, 1993

Synopsis

A challenge to economic theories that view the household as a harmonious unit with a single decision-maker, this book shows that in the Third World the household is an arena of conflict marked by inequality and negotiation over income and expenditures. Dwyer and Bruce's introduction is followed by eleven field studies: four in Asia, four in Africa and the Middle East, and three in the Caribbean and Central America. These twelve essays, by economists, sociologists, anthropologists and demographers provide a cogent analysis of household structure dynamics and women's bargaining context. This book will be of interest not only to specialists in gender studies but also to ethnologists and other social scientists.

Edition details

• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804722137
• ISBN 13: 9780804722131
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Dwyer Daisy, Bruce BCur UDNEd BACur MSc(Nurs) PhD RN RM RCHN RNA RT Judith