TY  - GEN
T1  - The household : informal order around the hearth
A1  - Ellickson, Robert C.
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2008
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn730930343
AB  - Some people dwell alone, many in family-based households, and an adventuresome few in communes. The Household is the first book to systematically lay bare the internal dynamics of these and other home arrangements. Legal underpinnings, social considerations, and economic constraints all influence how household participants select their homemates and govern their interactions around the hearth. Robert Ellickson applies transaction cost economics, sociological theory, and legal analysis to explore issues such as the sharing of household output, the control of domestic misconduct, and the ownership of dwelling units. Drawing on a broad range of historical and statistical sources, Ellickson contrasts family-based households with the more complex arrangements in medieval English castles, Israeli kibbutzim, and contemporary cohousing communities. He shows that most individuals, when structuring their home relationships, pursue a strategy of consorting with intimates. This, he asserts, facilitates informal coordination and tends ultimately to enhance the quality of domestic interactions. He challenges utopian critics who seek to enlarge the scale of the household and legal advocates who urge household members to rely more on written contracts and lawsuits. Ellickson argues that these commentators fail to appreciate the great advantages in the home setting of informally associating with a handful of trusted intimates.
OP  - 251
CN  - HB820 .E45 2008eb
SN  - 9781400834150
SN  - 1400834155
SN  - 1283009110
SN  - 9781283009119
SN  - 128264498X
SN  - 9781282644984
SN  - 9786613009111
SN  - 6613009113
SN  - 9786612644986
SN  - 6612644982
SN  - 069114799X
SN  - 9780691134420
SN  - 0691134421
SN  - 9780691147994
KW  - Households : Economic aspects.
KW  - Consumption (Economics)
KW  - Informal sector (Economics)
KW  - Ménages (Statistique) : Aspect économique.
KW  - Secteur informel (Économie politique)
KW  - Société de consommation.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Economic Conditions.
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Economics : Macroeconomics.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Sociology : General.
KW  - Households : Economic aspects
KW  - Community of Practice
KW  - Wohnform
ER  -