Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Routledge Revivals
The Social Reproduction Process Under Capitalism
Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Routledge Revivals
ISBN: 978-1-041-38689-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Understanding the precise nature of the relationship between the family, the economy, and the state has long been a central concern for social scientists across multiple disciplines. First published in 1986, Family, Economy, and State examines different dimensions of the social reproduction process, analyzing the institutions, social processes, and forms of state intervention that contributed to the reproduction of households and working populations in the advanced industrial societies of that era.
Building on the scholarship available at the time, the contributors establish the reproductive sector as a series of interconnected private (family) and public (state) institutions, developing a framework for understanding the relationship between the welfare state and the imperatives of the broader economy. The book presents significant new thinking and research findings on the topic, offering fresh insights into the nature of the welfare state in North America and Europe during the mid-1980s. It further investigates aspects of the social reproduction process that had not been adequately addressed in the existing literature. Throughout, issues and topics are analyzed using theoretical and empirical approaches that remain sensitive to the importance of the historical dimension.
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1. Introduction: the structure of reproduction in capitalist society Part One: Household, Economy and Social Reproduction 2. Marxism and demography: space household forms and fertility regimes in the western European transition 3. The function of social welfare in a capitalist economy 4. Rethinking the welfare state: dependence, economic individualism and the family Part Two: The State and Social Reproduction 5. From poor law to social insurance: the periodization of state intervention in the reproduction process 6. The state and the maintenance of patriarchy: a case study of family, labour and welfare legislation in Canada 7. Theoretical approaches to the state and social reproduction Part Three: Class and Social Reproduction 8. Family, class and state in women’s access to abortion and day care: the case of the United States 9. The ‘Norming’ of the working day Part Four: Contradictions in Social Reproduction Under Capitalism 10. Retirement pensions: reinforced exploitation 11. The crises of the state and the state of the crisis: the Canadian welfare experience
