Modes of production in home maintenance: Accounting for the choice between formality, off the books and self-provisioning

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 596-603

  Adriaenssens, Stef ^a   Hendrickx, Jef ^a  

^a University College Brussels   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cultural capital; Do it yourself; Home maintenance; Informal economy; Self provisioning; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966859792     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2009.00807.x     Document Type: Article

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