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Surviving on the Fringe. Exchange and Reciprocity Networks among Impoverished Households in Villa Lugano

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  • Helga Fourcade Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
No. 27 (2012)

Abstract

This article presents a research from the perspective of the actors, the operation of reciprocal exchange networks among impoverished households in Villa Lugano (Buenos Aires, Argentina). The framework selected for its analytical approach is based on assets, vulnerability and opportunities structure. We intend to analyze the changes in the portfolio of assets available to households; how they adapt when faced with changes in the components of the opportunities structure, focusing on the particular characteristics that determine the household's place within the network. The labor market, the state and society, each with its own particularities, represent three settings that can drastically affect a household's capacity to transform their resources into assets and ultimately determine the adjustments it must make in order to either maintain or improve their overall welfare.

Keywords:

Reciprocity Networks, Assets, Vulnerability, Opportunities Structure, Conditional Cash Transfers Programs

Author Biography

Helga Fourcade, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina

Helga Fourcade se desempeña actualmente como becaria doctoral FONCyT sobre el tema Desarrollo Humano y Social de la infancia en el Observatorio de la Deuda Social Argentina, perteneciente a la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Argentina. Magíster en Antropología Social y Diploma Superior en Antropología Social y Política de la Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Argentina.

 

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Fourcade, H. (2012). Surviving on the Fringe. Exchange and Reciprocity Networks among Impoverished Households in Villa Lugano. MAD, (27), 67–87. Retrieved from https://revistateoria.uchile.cl/index.php/RMAD/article/view/22308
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