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- ISBN 9780804722131
- Weight: 417g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Dec 1993
- Publisher: Stanford University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
