Towards A Gendered Political Economy

Author : J. Cook,J. Roberts,G. Waylen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000-04-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230373150

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Towards a Gendered Political Economy by J. Cook,J. Roberts,G. Waylen Pdf

This collection sets out how a gendered approach to political economy can help us understand the inherently gendered structures that characterise our society, and provide the foundation for a truly interdisciplinary social science. It provides a comprehensive coverage of gendered political economy - what it is, where it is and, perhaps more importantly, how it should develop. The twelve chapters that make up this volume combine the development of a theoretical framework with empirical examples, which illustrate the core concerns of gendered political economy.

Author : Juanita Elias,Adrienne Roberts
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783478842

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Handbook on the International Political Economy of Gender by Juanita Elias,Adrienne Roberts Pdf

This Handbook brings together leading interdisciplinary scholarship on the gendered nature of the international political economy. Spanning a wide range of theoretical traditions and empirical foci, it explores the multifaceted ways in which gender relations constitute and are shaped by global politico-economic processes. It further interrogates the gendered ideologies and discourses that underpin everyday practices from the local to the global. The chapters in this collection identify, analyse, critique and challenge gender-based inequalities, whilst also highlighting the intersectional nature of gendered oppressions in the contemporary world order.

Author : Shirin M. Rai,Georgina Waylen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134649136

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New Frontiers in Feminist Political Economy by Shirin M. Rai,Georgina Waylen Pdf

This volume brings together the work of outstanding feminist scholars who reflect on the achievements of feminist political economy and the challenges it faces in the 21st century. The volume develops further some key areas of research in feminist political economy – understanding economies as gendered structures and economic crises as crises in social reproduction, as well as in finance and production; assessing economic policies through the lens of women’s rights; analysing global transformations in women’s work; making visible the unpaid economy in which care is provided for family and communities, and critiquing the ways in which policy makers are addressing ( or failing to address) this unpaid economy.

Author : Sandra Whitworth
Publisher : Springer
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1994-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349235728

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Feminism and International Relations by Sandra Whitworth Pdf

Author : Ellen Mutari,Heather Boushey,William Fraher
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Feminist economics
ISBN : 1563249960

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Gender and Political Economy by Ellen Mutari,Heather Boushey,William Fraher Pdf

Papers presented at a Gender, Race, Economics, and Public Policy conference coordinated by the New School for Social Research.

Author : Adrienne Roberts
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134880133

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Gendered States of Punishment and Welfare by Adrienne Roberts Pdf

This book presents a feminist historical materialist analysis of the ways in which the law, policing and penal regimes have overlapped with social policies to coercively discipline the poor and marginalized sectors of the population throughout the history of capitalism. Roberts argues that capitalism has always been underpinned by the use of state power to discursively construct and materially manage those sectors of the population who are most resistant to and marginalized by the instantiation and deepening of capitalism. The book reveals that the law, along with social welfare regimes, have operated in ways that are highly gendered, as gender – along with race – has been a key axis along which difference has been constructed and regulated. It offers an important theoretical and empirical contribution that disrupts the tendency for mainstream and critical work within IPE to view capitalism primarily as an economic relation. Roberts also provides a feminist critique of the failure of mainstream and critical scholars to analyse the gendered nature of capitalist social relations of production and social reproduction. Exploring a range of issues related to the nature of the capitalist state, the creation and protection of private property, the governance of poverty, the structural compulsions underpinning waged work and the place of women in paid and unpaid labour, this book is of great use to students and scholars of IPE, gender studies, social work, law, sociology, criminology, global development studies, political science and history.

Author : Shirin M. Rai
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745668345

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Gender and the Political Economy of Development by Shirin M. Rai Pdf

"Rai subjects the projects of both national development and globalization to searching scrutiny through a gender lens. Her emphasis on the intersection of gender and other forms of inequality is very timely. An excellent text for a wide range of courses in politics, sociology and development studies." --Diane Elson, University of Essex Shirin Rai pushes us to rethink development. She brings us to ear a feminist analysis that grows out of her nuanced understanding of both China’s and India's gendered experience. Readers will find fresh ideas and sharp caveats about how patriarchy is sustained and fought over globally. --Cynthia Enloe, Clark University This important book ranges across contemporary debates in the study of gender and political economy. It situates differing gender-based theories in the context of wider political and historical processes such as colonialism, post-colonialism, Cold War politics, the New World Order, globalization and democratization. Shirin Rai focuses on the gendered nature of the political economy of development, and the shifts that have occurred as economies and states have moved from a development process that is state-focused to one that is clearly framed by globalization. Differences between men and women, and differences between women in contrasting social and geographical positions, are explored in relation to their influence on political practice. Rai considers how the structures of economic and political power frame men and women and examines the consequences of these gendered positionings. She makes important connections between the political narratives of different levels of governance and examines the discourse of empowerment at these different levels. The book concludes by reflecting on the way men and women are coping with the challenges of globalization and argues that women's movements need to re-establish the link between the recognition of difference and the redistribution of economic and social resources if they are to maintain their radical edge. This will be essential reading for undergraduates and graduates in politics, development studies and gender studies.

Author : Torben Iversen,Frances McCall Rosenbluth,Professor Frances Rosenbluth, PhD
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780300153101

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Women, Work, and Politics by Torben Iversen,Frances McCall Rosenbluth,Professor Frances Rosenbluth, PhD Pdf

This book presents an original and groundbreaking approach to gender inequality. Looking at women's power in the home, in the workplace, and in politics from a political economy perspective, the authors demonstrate that equality is tied to demand for women's labor outside the home, which is a function of structural, political, and institutional conditions.--[book jacket].

Author : V. Barriteau
Publisher : Springer
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2001-05-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230508163

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The Political Economy of Gender in the Twentieth-Century Caribbean by V. Barriteau Pdf

Eudine Barriteau exposes the precarious position of women in twentieth century Caribbean societies through analyzing the operations of gender systems. She reveals the absence of gender justice and equity, and demonstrates that after twenty-five years of policies on women, Caribbean societies still have not confronted the fundamental problem of women's subordination and the conditions that maintain this. The strategies used by developing states to focus on women are criticised as inadequate and it is recommended that state and society pay more attention to understanding the lives of women.

Author : Rosa Mulè,Roberto Rizza
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000861952

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Gendering the Political Economy of Labour Market Policies by Rosa Mulè,Roberto Rizza Pdf

This book is a re-interpretation of labour market policy models from a gender perspective, providing an analysis of within-gender inequality and how these policies affect inequality. It sheds light on the internal and external challenges confronting different gendered political economies, with distinct constellations of adjustment problems and reform agendas to incorporate women into the labour market. As such, the book shows how female political mobilization can influence labour market policy-making process. The target audience of this book is made by researchers and postgraduate students in the disciplines of sociology, gender studies, political science, political economy, and practitioners working in the fields of welfare policies and gender labour market services.

Author : Bronwyn Winter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351383950

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The Political Economy of Same-Sex Marriage by Bronwyn Winter Pdf

Same-sex marriage is now legal in twenty-nine countries and the subject of continued debate around the world. The Political Economy of Same-Sex Marriage: A Feminist Critique considers this debate from a political economy perspective. Rather than engaging directly in the now well-rehearsed social-movement and academic for-and-against debates, this book focuses on processes of institutionalization of same-sex marriage and so-called "rainbow families" within (neo)liberal capitalist democracies. It examines how states and markets appropriate same-sex marriage and family to enhance their own political and symbolic capital, consolidating power and profit within existing systems of gendered and raced socioeconomic stratification. Taking a radical feminist, heterodox, qualitative and intersectional approach, this book investigates the political economy of same-sex marriage across three axes: same-sex marriage as institution; same-sex marriage and the market; and the political economy of the "rainbow family". The examination of case studies from different countries and regions enables a comparative analysis that foregrounds cultural, political and economic path dependencies while at the same time highlighting a number of striking commonalities. In all the countries discussed in this book and in most respects, same-sex marriage has been integrated almost seamlessly into a mainstream/malestream political economy of marriage and family and its translation into added market and productive value. The Political Economy of Same-Sex Marriage: A Feminist Critique will be of use to researchers and students alike, and indeed to all those who are curious about the mainstreaming of homosexuality within twenty-first-century capitalist democracies.

Author : Juanita Elias
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429602870

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Gender Politics and the Pursuit of Competitiveness in Malaysia by Juanita Elias Pdf

This book is concerned with how the pursuit of national economic competitiveness by states has come to be intertwined with a globalised gender agenda—one in which women and the household economy are seen as ‘untapped’ resources. In many East and Southeast Asian economies, competitiveness and the dangers of the middle-income trap dominate economic policy agendas: states’ commitments to gender equality goals are frequently framed around ‘business case’ logics in which women’s empowerment and women’s increased engagement in the productive economy is linked to the national economic project of building and enhancing competitiveness. This book looks to the case of Malaysia in order to assess how the increasingly dominant view that gender equality is ‘smart economics’ plays out in practice. Drawing upon extensive case study research and interview data, the book hones in on the complex gender politics that are at work within government initiatives that seek to enhance competitiveness via increasing women’s labour force participation, efforts to strengthen marriage and family life, and attempts to boost women’s entrepreneurialism and status within the corporate world. Providing an account of the gender politics at work within ongoing processes of state transformation in Asia, this book will appeal to researchers and students in gender studies, Southeast Asian studies, International Political Economy and public policy.

Author : Heidi Gottfried
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745680521

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Gender, Work, and Economy by Heidi Gottfried Pdf

This engaging new text uses a feminist lens to crack open the often hidden worlds of gender and work, addressing enduring questions about how structural inequalities are produced and why they persist. Making visible the social relationships that drive the global economy, the book explores how economic transformations not only change the way we work, but how we live our lives. The full extent of changing patterns of employment and the current financial crisis cannot be fully understood in the confines of narrow conceptions of work and economy. Feminists address this shortcoming by developing both a theory and a political movement aimed at unveiling the power relations inherent in old and new forms of work. By providing an analysis of gender, work, and the economy, Heidi Gottfried brings to light the many faces of power from the bedroom to the boardroom. A discussion of globalization is threaded throughout the book to uncover the impact of increasing global interconnections, and vivid case studies are included, from industrialized countries such as the US and the global cities of New York, London, and Tokyo, as well as from developing countries and the emerging global cities of Beijing, Shanghai, and Dubai. This comprehensive analysis of gender and work in a global economy, incorporating sociology, geography, and political economy perspectives, will be a valued companion to students in gender studies and across the social sciences more generally.

Author : Nancy Folbre
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786632937

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The Rise and Decline of Patriarchal Systems by Nancy Folbre Pdf

A major new work of feminism on the history and persistence of patriarchal hierarchies from the MacArthur Award-winning economist In this groundbreaking new work, Nancy Folbre builds on a critique and reformulation of Marxian political economy, drawing on a larger body of scientific research, including neoclassical economics, sociology, psychology, and evolutionary biology, to answer the defining question of feminist political economy: why is gender inequality so pervasive? In part, because of the contradictory effects of capitalist development: on the one hand, rapid technological change has improved living standards and increased the scope for individual choice for women; on the other, increased inequality and the weakening of families and communities have reconfigured gender inequalities, leaving caregivers particularly vulnerable. The Rise and Decline of Patriarchal Systems examines why care work is generally unrewarded in a market economy, calling attention to the non-market processes of childbearing, childrearing and the care of other dependents, the inheritance of assets, and the use of force and violence to appropriate both physical and human resources. Exploring intersecting inequalities based on class, gender, age, race/ethnicity, and citizenship, and their implications for political coalitions, it sets a new feminist agenda for the twenty-first century.

Author : Leah F. Vosko
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199574810

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Managing the Margins by Leah F. Vosko Pdf

Using examples from Canada, the US, Australia and the EU, this work probes national and international regulatory responses to the shift from full-time permanent jobs towards part-time, temporary and self-employment. It analyzes their implications for workers most often precariously employed, particularly women and migrants.