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Title: Economic and Social Classes in Theorizing Unpaid Household Activities Under Capitalism

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2015

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DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2015.1042753

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Abstract: In this paper, I offer a framework for analyzing non-market oriented household activities in a way that overcomes some issues about defining the boundaries among household activities. I utilize the concept of a social process and discuss how unpaid household activities are part of labor, care, recreation, and consumption processes. Next, I explain the importance of introducing economic class and social class processes into the framework, as well as the importance of making a distinction between the two. Economic class accounts for the basics of the capitalist economy, and social class opens contexts of variation. The framework allows for a multidimensionality of individuals and opens the question of unpaid activities varying in categorization based on economic class. Also, it helps the economic analysis of capitalism consider that maintaining a household lifestyle directly involves and pertains to unpaid household activities that are part of each of the delineated labor, care, recreation, and consumption processes.

Url: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00213624.2015.1042753

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Authors: Todorova, Zdravka

Periodical (Full): Journal of Economic Issues

Issue: 2

Volume: 49

Pages: 425-431

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Housing and Segregation, Other

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