Manufacturing Against The Odds

The Dynamics Of Gender, Class, And Economic Crises Among Small-scale Producers

Hans Buechler (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

328 Seiten

2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-01156-7 (ISBN)

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Enlivened by the oral histories of women and men of rural and urban backgrounds, this book depicts the struggle of artisan and small-scale manufacturing enterprises in La Paz during the political and economic crises of the 1980s in Bolivia.

In Third World countries, small-scale manufacturers supply a large part of the nation's consumer goods, often meeting needs that larger operations of foreign imports cannot. Enlivened by the oral histories of women and men of rural and urban backgrounds, this book depicts the struggle of artisan and small-scale manufacturing enterprises in La Paz

Preface -- Introduction: Three Firms -- Consequences of the Debt Crisis -- The Actors: Rural-Urban Migrants and Long-Term Residents -- The Actors: The Role of Foreigners -- Learning the Trade -- The Social Relations of Production -- Financing Production -- Production -- Commerce -- Power and Empowerment -- The Family History of an Artisan Couple -- Conclusion -- Appendix

Erscheinungsdatum	29.04.2019
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-367-01156-5 / 0367011565
ISBN-13	978-0-367-01156-7 / 9780367011567
Zustand	Neuware