Eating from one pot : the dynamics of survival in poor South African households

Eating from one pot the dynamics of survival in poor South African households

As poverty and unemployment deepen in contemporary South Africa, the burning question becomes, how do the poor survive? Eating from One Pot 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 l...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mosoetsa, Sarah, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Johannesburg : Wits University Press 2011.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Communal living > South Africa.
Poverty > South Africa.
Households > Economic aspects > South Africa.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434180606719
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: 'Sharing the little I have with my family': the allocative rules of household resources and income
  • Chapter 2: 'My wife does not respect me anymore': unequal power dynamics in households
  • Chapter 3: 'I remain an ANC member, but …': civil society in Mpumalanga and Enhlalakahle
  • Chapter 4: Theoretical and Policy Implications
  • Conclusion: Poor households are fragile sites of stability
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover.

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