The household as an analytical category: concepts and challenges

Kaspar, Heidi; Kollmair, Michael (2006). The household as an analytical category: concepts and challenges In: Müller-Böker, Ulrike; Backhaus, Norman (eds.) Gesellschaft und Raum: Konzepte und Kategorien. Schriftenreihe Humangeographie: Vol. 22 (pp. 103-123). Zürich: Geographisches Institut Abteilung Humangeographie Universität Zürich

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The conceptualisation of the household as a category of analysis in social, economic and anthropological research provoked vigorous scientific disputes in the 1980s. These discussions demonstrated the problematic character of concepts of the household. Nowadays, the debate about household conceptualisation has calmed down without having arrived at a definite consensus. Nevertheless, the signicficance and frequency of the use of the ‘household’ as a research category remains undiminished. Therefore, this article aims to resume the relevant discussions and revive thinking about this simultaneously problematic and fundamental category.

Item Type:	Book Section (Book Chapter)
Division/Institute:	School of Health Professions School of Health Professions > Institute for Participatory Health Care
Name:	Kaspar, Heidi0000-0002-1668-5855; Kollmair, Michael; Müller-Böker, Ulrike and Backhaus, Norman
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography
ISBN:	9783906302058
Series:	Schriftenreihe Humangeographie
Publisher:	Geographisches Institut Abteilung Humangeographie Universität Zürich
Language:	English
Submitter:	Heidi Kaspar
Date Deposited:	10 May 2021 14:50
Last Modified:	10 May 2021 14:50
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ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.14639
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/14639