Abstract
This article argues that [(1)] the industrial complex and Ciudad Guayana have been characterized by a division of labor by sex and a planned structure of opportunities (access to social goods) that promoted female economic dependence and depressed the potential for womens relative power while [(2)] forestry and Chaguaramas are characterized by a division of labor by sex and a structure of (mostly unplanned) opportunities that are supportive of female economic independence and increase the potential for womens relative power. Evidence supporting the differential potential for womens relative power is provided by data on employment and income generation the domestic division of labor and household structure development plans and policies rules governing access to social goods such as housing and macroeconomic and institutional-legal changes between 1981 and 1989. Finally the relative importance of economic versus noneconomic factors in womens reported decision- making power and independence from male control is assessed. (excerpt)
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