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The sufferings of “ordinary” people under harsh economic conditions can eventually lead to the fall of governments. Given this fact, it becomes important to know how “ordinary” people live—what privations they suffer and what strategies they use to survive in times of economic crisis. The Mexican Urban Household provides this information for Mexico near the end of the twentieth century. Mexico is now a predominantly urban nation, and this study is the definitive work on the strategies of self-defense of its urban households. It is based on surveys of nearly 10,000 households, conducted during twenty years of field work in five very different cities, with the help of a staff of more than twenty Mexican social scientists, engineers, architects, and social workers. Far from being a compilation of undigested statistics, however, The Mexican Urban Household uses its rich data to vividly reveal how Mexican families use their every resource to defend themselves against a political and economic system that overwhelms and exploits them. It describes how families band together, sometimes with three generations in one small house, to minimize expenses and pool resources. It explores the limited range of available jobs, from secure but scarce bureaucratic positions to more common and less reliable jobs in blue-collar industries and the informal economy. And, most important, it traces the high cost to families, particularly to women, of the endless struggle to make ends meet. These important findings outline the dimensions of the economic crisis for ordinary Mexicans. It will be crucial reading not only for everyone interested in the future of Mexico but also for students of development throughout the Third World.
Cost and standard of living --- Household surveys --- Households --- Work and family --- Urban poor --- Mexico --- Economic conditions
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History of North America --- History of Europe --- anno 1800-1899 --- New York City --- Charities --- Poor --- Urban poor --- History
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Sociology of minorities --- Social policy --- Great Britain --- vierde wereld --- Urban policy --- Urban poor --- #SBIB:316.8H16 --- #SBIB:HIVA --- Social conditions --- Welzijns- en sociale problemen: migranten, rassenrelaties --- Ethnic relations. --- Race relations. --- City dwellers --- Poor
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Documents the growth of concentrated poverty in central cities of the United States and examines what is known about its causes and effects. This volume is useful for policymakers, program administrators, researchers studying urban poverty issues, faculty, and students.
Urban poor --- Inner cities --- Government policy --- Central cities --- Ghettos, Inner city --- Inner city ghettos --- Inner city problems --- Zones of transitions --- Cities and towns --- Urban cores --- City dwellers --- Poor --- United States
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Local government --- Urban poor --- Administration locale --- Pauvres en milieu urbain --- Social aspects --- Aspect social --- #SBIB:316.334.5U20 --- #SBIB:316.8H15 --- #SBIB:327.7H231 --- Sociologie van stad (buurt, wijk, community, stadsvernieuwing) --- Welzijns- en sociale problemen: sociale ongelijkheid en armoede --- Europese Unie: sociaal-economisch beleid, landbouw-, milieu-, cultuur- en communicatiebeleid
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