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Record Nr.

UNINA9910338030103321

Titolo

Living and Working in Poverty in Latin America : Trajectories of Children, Youth, and Adults / / edited by María Eugenia Rausky, Mariana Chaves

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-00901-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 pages)

Collana

Governance, Development, and Social Inclusion in Latin America

Disciplina

339.46098

362.5098

Soggetti

Latin America—Politics and government

Economic development

Social change

Economic development—Environmental aspects

Poverty

Latin American Politics

Development and Social Change

Regional Development

Development and Sustainability

Development Aid

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- Part I Childhood, Poverty and Child Labor -- 2. Resizing Children’s Work: Anthropological Notes on Mexican Girls -- 3. From Childhood to Adolescence: Vulnerable Life Stories and Persistent Inequalities in Argentina Since Post-Convertibility (2003) -- Part II Youth, Poverty and Labor -- 4. Working Lives of Youth in Poverty in Urban Argentina -- 5. Work and Schooling in the Life Course of Poor Young People in Rio de Janeiro -- Part III Adulthood, Poverty and Domestic Paid Work -- 6. "You Can’t Have It All”: Patterns of Gender and Class Segregation in Paid Domestic Work in the City of Buenos Aires -- 7. The Restructuring of Labor in Cuba (2008–2016) and Paid Domestic Workers: Broken or Reconstructed Labor Trajectories? -- 8.



Conclusion: Final Reflections.

Sommario/riassunto

This edited volume studies the complex interrelation of poverty, work, and different stages in the life course, and how it contributes to the permanent existence of poverty and inequality in vulnerable groups in society. Mechanisms of productions and reproduction of these relationships are identified through empirical research carried out in four Latin American countries: Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and Cuba. This book centers on the experiences of individuals in those less favored social groups who may have suffered structural poverty for decades, or who may have been simply deprived of a basic income to cover their most essential needs. María Eugenia Rausky is Researcher at Argentina’s National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and Professor at Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina. Mariana Chaves is Researcher at Argentina’s National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and Professor at Universidad Nacional de La Plata and Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Argentina.