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Household Strategies: Their Conceptual Relevance and Analytical Scope in Social Research
Author(s)Wallace, Claire Denise
AbstractHousehold strategies’ was a concept used first of all in studies of Latin America and Africa where the informal economy was at least as important as the formal economy in understanding everyday economic behaviour among the urban poor. In this article I argue that the concept of household strategies can be relevant for the analysis of aspects of complex industrial societies as well as transitional societies, enabling us to better understand the social foundations of economic behaviour. However, we need to take into account the various social and cultural contexts in which such strategies are formed. Used in this way, the concept of household strategies can become a useful tool for the comparative analysis of different societies and social groups. This article discusses production otherwise known as self-provisioning and households turning towards self-provisioning and the informal economy.
IssueNo2
Pages275-292
ArticleAccess to Article
SourceSociology
VolumeNo36
PubDateApril2002
ISBN_ISSN0038-0385
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