Divisions and Solidarities - Gender, Class and Employment in Latin America (Hardcover)

Is class analysis obsolete or misguided? In "Divisions and Solidarities", Alison MacEwen Scott defends the concept of class by expanding it to encompass power, status, mobility and consumption. She does this through a critique of theories of urban employment and class structure, using case study material from Peru to examine and test theories of interest to social scientists. The book stresses the importance of class and gender in analyzing the situation of the urban poor in Latin America. The author argues that gender is deeply embedded in the "labouring class", not only via gender segregation at work but through the role of the family in forging solidarity across internal class division. She believes that in the past class analysis has placed too much emphasis on labour market divisions and not enough on broader solidarities created by mobility, consumption patterns and kinship. In fact, Scott shows that gender is an important dimension of inequality, strongly linked to class, and that class cannot be understood without reference to gender and the family.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	Alison MacEwen Scott
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-01849-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > General
LSN:	0-415-01849-8
Barcode:	9780415018494

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