From the Resources of Poverty to the Poverty of Resources? The Erosion of a Survival Model

Household-focused research has made crucial conceptual contributions to the ways in which scholars understand the survival of the urban poor. De la Rocha theorizes about the usefulness of existing analytical tools for the assessment of current social conditions and the study of the urban poor.

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Published in:Latin American perspectives 2001-07, Vol.28 (4), p.72-100
Main Author: de la Rocha, Mercedes González
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Disadvantaged
Economic Crises
Economic crisis
Economic hardship
Economic models
Economic resources
Employment
Gender
Households
Income distribution
Labor market
Labor markets
Latin America
Latin American literature
Men
Mexico
Poverty
Social conditions & trends
Sociology
Unemployment
Urban areas
Wages
Working Class
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Summary:Household-focused research has made crucial conceptual contributions to the ways in which scholars understand the survival of the urban poor. De la Rocha theorizes about the usefulness of existing analytical tools for the assessment of current social conditions and the study of the urban poor.
ISSN:0094-582X
1552-678X
DOI:10.1177/0094582X0102800405