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Shifting theories: partial perspectives on the household

Shifting theories: partial perspectives on the household
Shifting theories: partial perspectives on the household
There is a neglect of networks within cooperative conflict models, which arises because of the patriarchal households assumed. But households are not the same everywhere, because their structure is dependent upon social context, and they are a sub-system of wider social relations and realities. Understanding households (in this paper female-headed households) requires us to study the varied contexts in which households are situated and the social relations of individuals within these institutions. Using contributions from feminist economics and realist social theory, this paper shows how these frameworks can explain the diversity of social reality in household formations and relations
female headship, ethnicity, household models, feminist economics, realist social theory
0309-166X
525-538
Ruwanpura, K.N
6ac0c791-abeb-484a-b747-1ecc99d3b800
Ruwanpura, K.N
6ac0c791-abeb-484a-b747-1ecc99d3b800

Ruwanpura, K.N (2007) Shifting theories: partial perspectives on the household. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 31 (4), 525-538. (doi:10.1093/cje/bel032).

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There is a neglect of networks within cooperative conflict models, which arises because of the patriarchal households assumed. But households are not the same everywhere, because their structure is dependent upon social context, and they are a sub-system of wider social relations and realities. Understanding households (in this paper female-headed households) requires us to study the varied contexts in which households are situated and the social relations of individuals within these institutions. Using contributions from feminist economics and realist social theory, this paper shows how these frameworks can explain the diversity of social reality in household formations and relations

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Published date: 2007
Keywords: female headship, ethnicity, household models, feminist economics, realist social theory

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Local EPrints ID: 43736
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/43736
ISSN: 0309-166X
PURE UUID: c889686c-b725-4c32-bd31-2efa9ce8f80c

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Date deposited: 29 Jan 2007
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 08:57

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Author: K.N Ruwanpura

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