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Social Reproduction Theory,” Social Reproduction, and Household Production

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ID10486643
AuthorsKirstin Munro (0000-0002-4103-8553, Department of Economics and Finance, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, NY 11439., corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume83
Issue4
Pages451-468
Publication date2019-09-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0036-8237 • E-ISSN: 1943-2801
PublisherGuilford Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1521/siso.2019.83.4.451
OpenAlexW2973423405
LanguageEN
Citations received50
References cited17

In redefining social reproduction to mean only the reproduction of labor-power, Social Reproduction Theory has deemphasized a central insight of Marxist feminism — the necessary role that household production plays in the reproduction of capitalist society. A model of production in capitalism — in which households, capitalist firms, and the state rely on inputs from the other sectors in their production process to perpetuate their own existences and in turn that of capitalist society as a whole — shows that it is necessary to tie the household and household production to the dynamics of production and reproduction in capitalist society. There is no social reproduction without “societal reproduction,” as all production and reproduction in capitalist society are shaped by accumulation. Thus, promoting human and environmental well-being requires fundamentally changing the production processes that take place in households and elsewhere, not merely redistributing the costs and benefits of that production

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Citations per year10
Citation span2021 - 2026 (6)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 49

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