Rae Lesser Blumberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 3633902 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rae Lesser Blumberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rae Lesser |
| FAMILY NAME | Blumberg |
| SIGNATURE | BLUMBERG R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Virginia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 264 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
EnGendering Wealth and Well-Being
Engendering Wealth and Well-Being
“Dry” Versus “Wet” Development and Women in Three World Regions
This article explores whether a region's traditional type of agricultural production - “dry” (rain-fed) vs. “wet” (irrigated rice) - has long-term effects on women's equality and on development. It examines the three world regions with the widest range of gender stratification: a “dry” region (Middle East/North Africa/much of South Asia, the most gender-unequal) and two “wet” regions (East Asia, and Southeast Asia - traditionally the most gender-…
Equality for Women
Extending Lenski's Schema to Hold up Both Halves of the Sky-A Theory-Guided Way of Conceptualizing Agrarian Societies that Illuminates a Puzzle about Gender Stratification
This paper suggests that Lenski's classification of agrarian societies into simple versus advanced, based on the use of iron in the latter, obscures important variations in the gender division of labor and the level of gender stratification. In particular, his categories lump the gender egalitarian irrigated rice societies of Southeast Asia with the great majority of agrarian societies, which are strongly patriarchal. Based on my general theory o…
We are family”
The article analyzes the realm of family business to see what a difference the gender of the owner makes. Through the lens of the author's rapid appraisal and/or survey data from field studies in Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Swaziland, and Guinea-Bissau, three main issues are examined: (1) the use of family in the family business by women and men microentrepreneurs (MEs) — i.e., differential involvement of family members in differe…
Risky Business
Engendering Wealth and Well-Being
Journal Article Engendering wealth and well-being: empowerment for global change Get access Engendering wealth and well-being: empowerment for global change. By Rae Lesser Blumberget al. Boulder, CO, Oxford: Westview. 1996. 311pp. Index.£44.50; ISBN 0 8133 2106 9. Pb.: £11.50; ISBN 0 8133 2107 7. Lambert Rae Lambert Rae 1Catholic Institute of International Relations, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar …
Toward an Integrated Theory of Gender Stratification
Determinants of gender stratification range through every institutional sphere and every level of sociological analysis. An integrated theory is presented which charts the connections and feedbacks among three main blocks of causal factors and two blocks of outcomes. The GENDER ORGANIZATION OF PRODUCTION block includes the degree of compatibility between productive and reproductive labor, and determinants of the gender segregation of productive l…
Gender, Family, and Economy
Gender, Family, and Economy
Gender, Family, and Economy
A Theoretical Look at the Gender Balance of Power in the American Couple
Despite the very rich theoretical literature on marital power, recent empirical investigations on this subject have, in general, relied on disappointing measures of power. The empirically testable model developed in this article is an application of Blumberg's general theory of gender stratification to the contemporary American heterosexual couple. In the model, we concur with prior studies that identify economic power as the key variable in the …
Income Under Female Versus Male Control
This article presents a summary of Blumberg's general theory of gender stratification, which emphasizes relative male/female control of economic resources as a main (although not sole) predictor of a broad array of gender stratification consequences. It also reviews evidence from numerous Third World countries that men and women spend income under their control differently-with women holding back less for themselves and spending more on child nut…
The 'Triple Overlap' of Gender Stratification, Economy, and the Family
Women in the World Economic System
A General Theory of Gender Stratification
tion. While both biological and ideological variables are taken into account, the emphasis is structural: It is proposed that the major independent variable affecting sexual inequality is each sex's economic power, understood as relative control over the means of production and allocation of surplus. For women, relative economic power is seen as varying-and not always in the same direction-at a variety of microand macrolevels, ranging from the ho…
At the End of the Line
No abstract available for this article
At the end of the line
Addressing how seriously are being considered in recent US assistance projects and the evaluations made of those projects this discussion contends that the issue of women in development may be usefully conceptualized as having several distinct stages and argues that continuing problems remain in translating concern into action. The data base for the main project consisted of a nonrandom sample of 49 in-depth evaluations and special studies of US …
Stratification
Rural women in development
And Ogburn and Murdock Begat Winch
An Economic Theory of Familial Organization
Societal Development
Kinship and Urbanization
A Theoretical Look at the Gender Balance of Power in the American Couple
Despite the very rich theoretical literature on marital power, recent empirical investigations on this subject have, in general, relied on disappointing measures of power. The empirically testable model developed in this article is an application of Blumberg's general theory of gender stratification to the contemporary American heterosexual couple. In the model, we concur with prior studies that identify economic power as the key variable in the …
A General Theory of Gender Stratification
tion. While both biological and ideological variables are taken into account, the emphasis is structural: It is proposed that the major independent variable affecting sexual inequality is each sex's economic power, understood as relative control over the means of production and allocation of surplus. For women, relative economic power is seen as varying-and not always in the same direction-at a variety of microand macrolevels, ranging from the ho…
Income Under Female Versus Male Control
This article presents a summary of Blumberg's general theory of gender stratification, which emphasizes relative male/female control of economic resources as a main (although not sole) predictor of a broad array of gender stratification consequences. It also reviews evidence from numerous Third World countries that men and women spend income under their control differently-with women holding back less for themselves and spending more on child nut…
Societal Complexity and Familial Complexity
Theory and anecdotal evidence have led ethnologists from Lowie to the present to conclude that the relation between societal complexity and familial complexity is curvilinear, with minima at the extremes of societal complexity (hunting-gathering and urban-industrial) and a maximum at some intermediate level. To date, however, more systematic empirical studies have led to various and, seemingly, contradictory conclusions. With a new coding of Murd…
Toward an Integrated Theory of Gender Stratification
Determinants of gender stratification range through every institutional sphere and every level of sociological analysis. An integrated theory is presented which charts the connections and feedbacks among three main blocks of causal factors and two blocks of outcomes. The GENDER ORGANIZATION OF PRODUCTION block includes the degree of compatibility between productive and reproductive labor, and determinants of the gender segregation of productive l…
Engendering Wealth and Well-Being
Engendering Wealth and Well-Being
Journal Article Engendering wealth and well-being: empowerment for global change Get access Engendering wealth and well-being: empowerment for global change. By Rae Lesser Blumberget al. Boulder, CO, Oxford: Westview. 1996. 311pp. Index.£44.50; ISBN 0 8133 2106 9. Pb.: £11.50; ISBN 0 8133 2107 7. Lambert Rae Lambert Rae 1Catholic Institute of International Relations, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar …
Ethnicity and Extended Familism in an Upper-Middle-Class Suburb
Previous research has shown that, in an upper-middle-class suburb in a North Central state, Jewish families report more extended familism than do Christian families. The present paper shows more clearly the association between ethnicity and familism by using three further indices of extended familism and by dividing the Christian respondents into Catholics and Protestants. The three new indices-extensity of kin households present in the metropoli…
Rural women in development
We are family”
The article analyzes the realm of family business to see what a difference the gender of the owner makes. Through the lens of the author's rapid appraisal and/or survey data from field studies in Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Swaziland, and Guinea-Bissau, three main issues are examined: (1) the use of family in the family business by women and men microentrepreneurs (MEs) — i.e., differential involvement of family members in differe…
Risky Business
Extending Lenski's Schema to Hold up Both Halves of the Sky-A Theory-Guided Way of Conceptualizing Agrarian Societies that Illuminates a Puzzle about Gender Stratification
This paper suggests that Lenski's classification of agrarian societies into simple versus advanced, based on the use of iron in the latter, obscures important variations in the gender division of labor and the level of gender stratification. In particular, his categories lump the gender egalitarian irrigated rice societies of Southeast Asia with the great majority of agrarian societies, which are strongly patriarchal. Based on my general theory o…
Ethnicity and Extended Familism in an Upper-Middle-Class Suburb
Previous research has shown that, in an upper-middle-class suburb in a North Central state, Jewish families report more extended familism than do Christian families. The present paper shows more clearly the association between ethnicity and familism by using three further indices of extended familism and by dividing the Christian respondents into Catholics and Protestants. The three new indices-extensity of kin households present in the metropoli…
Societal Complexity and Familial Complexity
Theory and anecdotal evidence have led ethnologists from Lowie to the present to conclude that the relation between societal complexity and familial complexity is curvilinear, with minima at the extremes of societal complexity (hunting-gathering and urban-industrial) and a maximum at some intermediate level. To date, however, more systematic empirical studies have led to various and, seemingly, contradictory conclusions. With a new coding of Murd…
Kinship and Urbanization
Societal Development
Rural women in development
And Ogburn and Murdock Begat Winch
An Economic Theory of Familial Organization
Stratification
At the End of the Line
No abstract available for this article
At the end of the line
Addressing how seriously are being considered in recent US assistance projects and the evaluations made of those projects this discussion contends that the issue of women in development may be usefully conceptualized as having several distinct stages and argues that continuing problems remain in translating concern into action. The data base for the main project consisted of a nonrandom sample of 49 in-depth evaluations and special studies of US …
A General Theory of Gender Stratification
tion. While both biological and ideological variables are taken into account, the emphasis is structural: It is proposed that the major independent variable affecting sexual inequality is each sex's economic power, understood as relative control over the means of production and allocation of surplus. For women, relative economic power is seen as varying-and not always in the same direction-at a variety of microand macrolevels, ranging from the ho…
Women in the World Economic System
Income Under Female Versus Male Control
This article presents a summary of Blumberg's general theory of gender stratification, which emphasizes relative male/female control of economic resources as a main (although not sole) predictor of a broad array of gender stratification consequences. It also reviews evidence from numerous Third World countries that men and women spend income under their control differently-with women holding back less for themselves and spending more on child nut…
The 'Triple Overlap' of Gender Stratification, Economy, and the Family
A Theoretical Look at the Gender Balance of Power in the American Couple
Despite the very rich theoretical literature on marital power, recent empirical investigations on this subject have, in general, relied on disappointing measures of power. The empirically testable model developed in this article is an application of Blumberg's general theory of gender stratification to the contemporary American heterosexual couple. In the model, we concur with prior studies that identify economic power as the key variable in the …
Gender, Family, and Economy
Gender, Family, and Economy
Gender, Family, and Economy
Toward an Integrated Theory of Gender Stratification
Determinants of gender stratification range through every institutional sphere and every level of sociological analysis. An integrated theory is presented which charts the connections and feedbacks among three main blocks of causal factors and two blocks of outcomes. The GENDER ORGANIZATION OF PRODUCTION block includes the degree of compatibility between productive and reproductive labor, and determinants of the gender segregation of productive l…
Engendering Wealth and Well-Being
Journal Article Engendering wealth and well-being: empowerment for global change Get access Engendering wealth and well-being: empowerment for global change. By Rae Lesser Blumberget al. Boulder, CO, Oxford: Westview. 1996. 311pp. Index.£44.50; ISBN 0 8133 2106 9. Pb.: £11.50; ISBN 0 8133 2107 7. Lambert Rae Lambert Rae 1Catholic Institute of International Relations, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar …
We are family”
The article analyzes the realm of family business to see what a difference the gender of the owner makes. Through the lens of the author's rapid appraisal and/or survey data from field studies in Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Swaziland, and Guinea-Bissau, three main issues are examined: (1) the use of family in the family business by women and men microentrepreneurs (MEs) — i.e., differential involvement of family members in differe…
Risky Business
Extending Lenski's Schema to Hold up Both Halves of the Sky-A Theory-Guided Way of Conceptualizing Agrarian Societies that Illuminates a Puzzle about Gender Stratification
This paper suggests that Lenski's classification of agrarian societies into simple versus advanced, based on the use of iron in the latter, obscures important variations in the gender division of labor and the level of gender stratification. In particular, his categories lump the gender egalitarian irrigated rice societies of Southeast Asia with the great majority of agrarian societies, which are strongly patriarchal. Based on my general theory o…
Equality for Women
“Dry” Versus “Wet” Development and Women in Three World Regions
This article explores whether a region's traditional type of agricultural production - “dry” (rain-fed) vs. “wet” (irrigated rice) - has long-term effects on women's equality and on development. It examines the three world regions with the widest range of gender stratification: a “dry” region (Middle East/North Africa/much of South Asia, the most gender-unequal) and two “wet” regions (East Asia, and Southeast Asia - traditionally the most gender-…
Sociology (17 works) · Economics (15 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Demography (4 works)