Declining Odds
Kinship, Women's Employment, and Political Economy in Rural Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2462271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frances Rothstein (Towson University, corresponding author), Frances Abrahamer Rothstein |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 579-593 |
| Publication date | 1999-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/aa.1999.101.3.579 |
| OpenAlex | W2147430429 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 60 |
Some women in San Cosme Mazatecochco, a rural community in central Mexico, whose families have more diverse networks and a slight economic advantage, use the community's flexible kinship system to get more secure employment. But their ability to do so is limited by the larger political economy. As the Mexican economy deteriorates for working-class Mexicans and the class system becomes more closed, more women participate in the labor force and more women have marginal employment, [political economy, kinship, women, class, Mexico
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Family economy · Kinship · Logistic regression · Market economy · Odds · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rural area · Rural community · Rural economy · Sociology · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Medicine · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,41 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2016 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |