E. B. Zoomers

Johanna Louisa Ypeij

Centro de Estudios Regionales Andinos "Bartolomé de Las Casas."

Centrum voor Studie en Documentatie van Latijns Amerika (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Instituto de Estudios Peruanos

turismo y desarrollo sostenible en Perú y Bolivia

La ruta andina

Annelou Ypeij

n the Netherlands, single mothers run a high risk of becoming poor, even though the country has a well-developed welfare system. This study brings together many partial life histories of single mothers of different cultural backgrounds and origins and shows that poverty is not solely material deprivation. Through its in-depth account of the ways single mothers construct their everyday lives, this book sheds light on the many social, cultural and structural dimensions of poverty.

The Case of the Netherlands

Single Motherhood and Poverty

Producing against Poverty is an anthropological research on micro-entrepreneurs in Lima, Peru. It analyses the way micro-producers accumulate capital. The anthropological approach of the book starts with an analysis of the daily lives of the micro-producers. Its gender approach makes a comparison between the position of men and women throughout its argumentation. The author also analyses the conditions of labourers working for micro-producers. By paying extensive attention to the subcontracting links between micro-production and the large scale production process, she carefully builds up to general conclusions which go way beyond the micro level of analysis. Micro-production reproduces poverty by subordinating important participants of the production such as women and labourers. The ultimate conclusion is that the informal sector grows not only in times of economic recession, but also in times of economic growth.

Female and Male Micro-enterpreneurs [sic] in Lima, Peru

Producing Against Poverty

Johanna Louisa Ypeij

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