This edited volume studies the complex interrelation of poverty, work, and different stages in the life course, and how it contributes to the permanent existence of poverty and inequality in vulnerable groups in society. Mechanisms of productions and reproduction of these relationships are identified through empirical research carried out in four Latin American countries: Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and Cuba. This book centers on the experiences of individuals in those less favored social groups who may have suffered structural poverty for decades, or who may have been simply deprived of a basic income to cover their most essential needs.

Presents empirical investigations of different moments of the life course in four Latin American countries Proposes a more holistic analytical view on poverty, inequality, and social issues in Latin America Analyzes relations of inequality that cause persistent poverty and critically examines low paid labor

Autorentext

María Eugenia Rausky is Researcher at Argentina's National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and Professor at Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.

Mariana Chaves is Researcher at Argentina's National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and Professor at Universidad Nacional de La Plata and Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Argentina.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- Part I Childhood, Poverty and Child Labor.- 2. Resizing Children's Work: Anthropological Notes on Mexican Girls.- 3. From Childhood to Adolescence: Vulnerable Life Stories and Persistent Inequalities in Argentina Since Post-Convertibility (2003).- Part II Youth, Poverty and Labor.- 4. Working Lives of Youth in Poverty in Urban Argentina.- 5. Work and Schooling in the Life Course of Poor Young People in Rio de Janeiro.- Part III Adulthood, Poverty and Domestic Paid Work.- 6. "You Can't Have It All: Patterns of Gender and Class Segregation in Paid Domestic Work in the City of Buenos Aires.- 7. The Restructuring of Labor in Cuba (20082016) and Paid Domestic Workers: Broken or Reconstructed Labor Trajectories?.- 8. Conclusion: Final Reflections.