Eating from One Pot : The dynamics of survival in poor South African households /

Mostrar otras versiones (2)

"As poverty and unemployment deepen in contemporary South Africa, the burning question becomes, how do the poor survive? This book provides a compelling answer. Based on intensive fieldwork, it shows how many African households are on the brink of collapse. That they keep going at all can large...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mosoetsa, Sarah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Poverty.
Households > Economic aspects.
Communal living.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Menages (Statistique) > Aspect economique > Afrique du Sud.
Pauvrete > Afrique du Sud.
Communes (Contre-culture) > Afrique du Sud.
Households > Economic aspects > South Africa.
Poverty > South Africa.
Communal living > South Africa.
South Africa.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • -- 1. 'Sharing the little I have with my family' : the allocative rules of household resources and income
  • - 2. 'My wife does not respect me anymore' : unequal power dynamics in households
  • - 3. 'I remain an ANC member, but ... ' : civil society in Mpumalanga and Enhlalakahle
  • - 4. Theoretical and policy implications
  • -- Conclusion : poor households are fragile sites of stability.

Ejemplares similares