Living and Working in Poverty in Latin America: Trajectories of Children, Youth, and Adults (Governance, Development, and Social Inclusion in Latin America)

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. 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 Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Introduction (María Eugenia Rausky, Mariana Chaves)....Pages 1-10 Front Matter ....Pages 11-11 Resizing Children’s Work: Anthropological Notes on Mexican Girls (Begoña Leyra Fatou)....Pages 13-39 From Childhood to Adolescence: Vulnerable Life Stories and Persistent Inequalities in Argentina Since Post-Convertibility (2003) (María Eugenia Rausky)....Pages 41-67 Front Matter ....Pages 69-69 Working Lives of Youth in Poverty in Urban Argentina (Gonzalo Assusa, Mariana Chaves)....Pages 71-97 Work and Schooling in the Life Course of Poor Young People in Rio de Janeiro (Ana Karina Brenner, Paulo Carrano)....Pages 99-122 Front Matter ....Pages 123-123 “You Can’t Have It All”: Patterns of Gender and Class Segregation in Paid Domestic Work in the City of Buenos Aires (Débora Gorbán, Ania Tizziani)....Pages 125-145 The Restructuring of Labor in Cuba (2008–2016) and Paid Domestic Workers: Broken or Reconstructed Labor Trajectories? (Magela Romero Almodovar)....Pages 147-177 Conclusion: Final Reflections (María Eugenia Rausky, Mariana Chaves)....Pages 179-184 Back Matter ....Pages 185-187 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. 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