LEADER 04561nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910824076003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-691-13442-1 010 $a1-283-00911-0 010 $a1-282-64498-X 010 $a9786613009111 010 $a9786612644986 010 $a1-4008-3415-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400834150 035 $a(CKB)2670000000033343 035 $a(EBL)557154 035 $a(OCoLC)654029535 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000485012 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11335482 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000485012 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10595341 035 $a(PQKB)10506739 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000422822 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11289435 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422822 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10419288 035 $a(PQKB)11785651 035 $a(OCoLC)730930343 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36697 035 $a(DE-B1597)446986 035 $a(OCoLC)979632292 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400834150 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL847590 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10449973 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL300911 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC847590 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000033343 100 $a20080130d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe household $einformal order around the hearth /$fRobert C. Ellickson 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (372 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-14799-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [199]-236) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tChapter 1. How Households Differ from Families -- $tChapter 2. Household Formation and Dissolution in a Liberal Society -- $tChapter 3. The Predominant Strategy: Consorting with Intimates -- $tChapter 4. A Historical Overview of Household Forms -- $tChapter 5. Are the Household Forms that Endure Necessarily Best? -- $tChapter 6. Choosing Which of a Household's Participants Should Serve as Its Owners -- $tChapter 7. The Mixed Blessings of Joining with Others -- $tChapter 8. Order without Law in an Ongoing Household -- $tChapter 9. The Challenge of Unpacking the Household -- $tAppendix A: Data on Intentional Communities -- $tAppendix B: Data on Co-housing Communities -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aSome people dwell alone, many in family-based households, and an adventuresome few in communes. The Household is the first book to systematically lay bare the internal dynamics of these and other home arrangements. Legal underpinnings, social considerations, and economic constraints all influence how household participants select their homemates and govern their interactions around the hearth. Robert Ellickson applies transaction cost economics, sociological theory, and legal analysis to explore issues such as the sharing of household output, the control of domestic misconduct, and the ownership of dwelling units. Drawing on a broad range of historical and statistical sources, Ellickson contrasts family-based households with the more complex arrangements in medieval English castles, Israeli kibbutzim, and contemporary cohousing communities. He shows that most individuals, when structuring their home relationships, pursue a strategy of consorting with intimates. This, he asserts, facilitates informal coordination and tends ultimately to enhance the quality of domestic interactions. He challenges utopian critics who seek to enlarge the scale of the household and legal advocates who urge household members to rely more on written contracts and lawsuits. Ellickson argues that these commentators fail to appreciate the great advantages in the home setting of informally associating with a handful of trusted intimates. The Household is a must-read for sociologists, economists, lawyers, and anyone interested in the fundamentals of domestic life. 606 $aHouseholds$xEconomic aspects 606 $aConsumption (Economics) 606 $aInformal sector (Economics) 615 0$aHouseholds$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aConsumption (Economics) 615 0$aInformal sector (Economics) 676 $a339.4/7 700 $aEllickson$b Robert C$01706653 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824076003321 996 $aThe household$94114097 997 $aUNINA