1st Edition
The Domestic Domain Chances, Choices and Strategies of Family Households
253 Pages
by
Routledge
253 Pages
by
Routledge
253 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1999, the primary focus of this book is what goes on inside the ‘black box’ of households, beginning with decision-making but branching out to develop a comprehensive view of the domestic domain. It brings together theoretical frameworks relevant to the study of family households from several root disciplines, each framework highlighting a different approach. Each approach is... Read more
1. Introduction. 2. The Rational Choice Approach and Households’ Sustainable Behaviour. 3. The Strategy Approach and Temporary Migration. 4. The Organisation Approach and Resource Allocation within Households. 5. The Power Approach and the Division of Household Production Tasks. 6. The Opportunity Structure Approach and the Housing Market. 7. The Longitudinal Approach. 8. The Morality Approach and the Issue of Care. 9. Synthesis and a View Ahead.
Biography
Pennartz, Paul; Niehof, Anke
’Anyone interested in families and households will find here a stimulating synthesis of empirical and theoretical work from a variety of different intellectual perspectives. An original and wide ranging book...’ Jan Pahl, University of Kent, UK '...a very useful work, because the authors focus precisely on ways of explicating "what goes on inside the 'black box' of households"...it neatly summarizes the theoretical approaches to the family household in various contemporary family sciences, and effectively discusses the multiplicity of approaches useful for understanding what transpires (and, perhaps, transpired in the past) inside "the black box".' International Review of Social History
