Urban Poverty in the Caribbean : French Martinique As a Social Laboratory

In this book on urban poverty in the Caribbean, Michel S. Laguerre presents a detailed analysis of the phenomenon in urban Martinique. He argues that the national structure of inequality finds its myriad expressions in the urban environment. Not only does the city provide the ideological back-up - and the locus where elite ideologies are produced and reproduced - but also the men and women who occupy the positions that sustain the inequality structure. The city serves then as an arena where inequality and poverty are daily manufactured. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Urban Poverty and Social Reproduction....Pages 1-20 The Ecology of Urban Poverty....Pages 21-49 The Urban Household as a Multi-Product Firm....Pages 50-76 Domestic Workers....Pages 77-95 The Grocery Store as an Exploitative Niche....Pages 96-112 Savings Associations....Pages 113-140 Immigrant Households as Overseas Subsidiaries....Pages 141-157 Concluding Remarks....Pages 158-168 Back Matter....Pages 169-181