Kinship, Reciprocity and Vulnerability

Social Relations in the Informal Economy

Bibliographic Data

ID11228769
AuthorsPatricia Short (0000-0002-6765-2674, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume31
Issue2
Pages127-145
Publication date1996-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.1839-4655.1996.tb01045.x
OpenAlexW2562156050
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited11

This paper examines the notion that informal interhousehold transfers of goods and services in the communal economy are based upon reciprocity. Patterns of interhousehold transfer of goods and services are described, and the significance of kinship (or familial obligations) in shaping patterns of informal exchange are discussed. Data from a 1990 survey of household and residential organisation in Brisbane are used. Differences in income, labour force participation and the density and character of householders' social networks are considered as factors shaping contemporary interhousehold economic activity. Implications for our understanding of people's economic vulnerability are drawn from the observations

Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Goods and services · Kinship · Political science · Project commissioning · Publishing · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Social exchange theory · Social science · Sociology · Survey data collection · Vulnerability (computing · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Taxation and Compliance Studies

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