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Le genre du capital. Comment la famille reproduit les inégalités

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  • Sibylle Gollac

    (CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CRESPPA - Centre de recherches sociologiques et politiques de Paris - UP8 - Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Cresppa-CSU - Cultures et sociétés urbaines - CRESPPA - Centre de recherches sociologiques et politiques de Paris - UP8 - Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Céline Bessière

    (Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, IRISSO - Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Sciences Sociales - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

Abstract

This work approaches the institution of family from a materialistic point of view breaking with the dominant theory of a modern relationship-based family, free of financial stakes. It takes seriously the observation of economists, in the wake of Thomas Piketty, that there is a return to property inequality, based on the legacy of capitalism in the twenty-first century.Why do women accumulate fewer assets than men? Why do marital separations impoverish women while they do not prevent men from becoming wealthy?To answer these questions, one has to explore family wealth arrangements. This implies breaking with the common understanding of the family as an emotional haven of peace in a capitalist world inhabited by brutes. In reality, the family should be designed as a unit that produces, circulates, controls and evaluates assets. The sense of this economic institution is revealed, in particular, when there is a question of inheritance or marital separation.

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  • Sibylle Gollac & Céline Bessière, 2020. "Le genre du capital. Comment la famille reproduit les inégalités," Post-Print hal-03089567, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03089567
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    1. Tisch, Daria & Ischinsky, Emma, 2023. "Top wealth and its historical origins: An analysis of Germany's largest privately held fortunes in 2019," MPIfG Discussion Paper 23/1, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
    2. Clémentine Cottineau & Julie Vallée, 2022. "Introduction," Post-Print hal-03806227, HAL.
    3. Nicolas Frémeaux & Marion Leturcq, 2022. "Wealth Accumulation and the Gender Wealth Gap Across Couples’ Legal Statuses and Matrimonial Property Regimes in France," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 38(4), pages 643-679, October.
    4. Didier Chabanet, 2022. "How are gender inequalities (re)produced in France? A look at the roles of work, family, and school," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(2), pages 687-692, March.
    5. Troy, Laurence & Wolifson, Peta & Buckley, Amma & Buckle, Caitlin & Adkins, Lisa & Bryant, Gareth & Konings, Martijn, 2023. "Pathways to home ownership in an age of uncertainty," SocArXiv vstm4, Center for Open Science.
    6. Mathilde Guergoat-Larivière & Delphine Remillon, 2021. "Gender, employment and work policies [Genre et politiques de l’emploi et du travail]," Post-Print hal-03474209, HAL.
    7. Céline Bessiere & Sibylle Gollac, 2021. "Capital," Post-Print halshs-03513446, HAL.
    8. Nathalie Clavijo, 2023. "Mi casa de los Espíritus (My house of spirits): Challenging patriarchy with magical feminism," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(5), pages 1795-1815, September.

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