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There were only a few women economists who made it to the surface
and whose voices were heard in the history of economic thought of
Adam Smith, David Ricardo, John Maynard Keynes, and Milton Friedman
- right? Wrong! In this book, distinguished economist Edith Kuiper
shows us that the history of economic thought is just that, a
his-story, by telling the herstory of economic thought from the
perspective of women economic writers and economists. Although some
of these women were well known in their time, they were excluded
from most of academic economics, and, over the past centuries,
their work has been neglected, forgotten, and thus become
invisible. Edith Kuiper introduces the reader to an amazing crowd
of female pioneers and reveals how their insights are invaluable to
understanding areas of economics ranging from production, work, and
the economics of the household, to income and wealth distribution,
consumption, public policy, and much more. This pathbreaking book
presents a whole new perspective on the development of economic
thought. It will be essential reading for all students and scholars
of the history of economic thought and feminist economics.
The past decade has witnessed a paradigm shift at the World Bank
from a focus on structural adjustment to a focus on poverty
reduction. As evidenced by the Banks 2001 report, "Engendering
Development: Through Rights, Resource and Voice," an increased
attention to gender issues has been an important part of this
process.
This book brings together a range of responses from feminist
economists and other social researchers on the issues raised in
this report. With contributions from highly esteemed scholars such
as Eudine Barriteau, Diane Elson, Gale Summerfield, and Zafiris
Tzannatos, this anthology critically examines the relationships
between gender, growth, development, and the World Bank by:
* developing a history of the World Banks perspectives on
gender
* empirically evaluating the impacts of the Banks policies on three
different regions of the world
* exploring the ideological and methodological commitments of the
report from a variety of feminist and interdisciplinary social
science perspectives
* enquiring into future directions for feminist economics
research.
Highlighting the importance and challenge of taking gender into
account in development theory and policy, the books complex and
nuanced analyses of the social relations of gender in a global
context make it an important resource for policymakers, activists
and scholars alike.
The past decade has witnessed a paradigm shift at the World Bank
from a focus on structural adjustment to a focus on poverty
reduction. As evidenced by the Bank's 2001 report, "Engendering
Development: Through Rights, Resource and Voice," an increased
attention to gender issues has been an important part of this
process. The premise of the report is that economic growth and
development cannot be effectively addressed when gender inequality
is not taken into account, because poverty increases gender
inequalities and gender inequalities hinder economic development.
This book brings together a range of responses from feminist
economists and other social researchers on the issues raised in
this report. With contributions from highly esteemed scholars such
as Eudine Barriteau, Diane Elson, Gale Summerfield, and Zafiris
Tzannatos, this anthology critically examines the relationships
between gender, growth, development, and the World Bank. It
develops a history of the World Bank's perspectives on gender,
empirically evaluates the impacts of the Bank's policies on three
different regions of the world, explores the ideological and
methodological commitments of the report from a variety of feminist
and interdisciplinary social science perspectives, and inquires
into future directions for feminist economics research.
The book shows the importance and challenge of taking gender into
account in development theory and policy. Its complex and nuanced
analyses of the social relations of gender in a global context will
be an important resource for policymakers, activists, and scholars.
Feminist economists have demonstrated that interrogating hierarchies based on gender, ethnicity, class and nation results in an economics that is biased and more faithful to empirical evidence than are mainstream accounts.
This rigorous and comprehensive book examines many of the central philosophical questions and themes in feminist economics including ˇ History of economics ˇ Feminist science studies ˇ Identity and agency ˇ Caring labor ˇ Postcolonialism and postmodernism
With contributions from such leading figures as Nancy Folbre, Julie Nelson and Sandra Harding, Toward a Feminist Theory of Economics looks set to become the book on feminist economics for some time to come and will be greatly appreciated by all those interested in gender studies, economic methodology and social theory.
Feminist economists have demonstrated that interrogating hierarchies based on gender, ethnicity, class and nation results in an economics that is biased and more faithful to empirical evidence than are mainstream accounts.
This rigorous and comprehensive book examines many of the central philosophical questions and themes in feminist economics including ˇ History of economics ˇ Feminist science studies ˇ Identity and agency ˇ Caring labor ˇ Postcolonialism and postmodernism
With contributions from such leading figures as Nancy Folbre, Julie Nelson and Sandra Harding, Toward a Feminist Theory of Economics looks set to become the book on feminist economics for some time to come and will be greatly appreciated by all those interested in gender studies, economic methodology and social theory.
Out of the Margin is the first volume to consider feminist concerns
across the entire domain of economics. The book addresses the
philosophical roots of 'rational economic man', power relations and
conflicts of interest within the family, the limitations of relying
on secondary data and the policy implications of neo-classical
models.
With its range and depth of coverage this is not only an excellent
introduction to the field but also indespensible for those seeking
more in depth knowledge of issues of gender and economics.
Out of the Margin is the first volume to consider feminist concerns across the entire domain of economics. The book addresses the philosophical roots of 'rational economic man', power relations and conflicts of interest within the family, the limitations of relying on secondary data and the policy implications of neo-classical models. With its range and depth of coverage this is not only an excellent introduction to the field but also indespensible for those seeking more in depth knowledge of issues of gender and economics.
There were only a few women economists who made it to the surface
and whose voices were heard in the history of economic thought of
Adam Smith, David Ricardo, John Maynard Keynes, and Milton Friedman
- right? Wrong! In this book, distinguished economist Edith Kuiper
shows us that the history of economic thought is just that, a
his-story, by telling the herstory of economic thought from the
perspective of women economic writers and economists. Although some
of these women were well known in their time, they were excluded
from most of academic economics, and, over the past centuries,
their work has been neglected, forgotten, and thus become
invisible. Edith Kuiper introduces the reader to an amazing crowd
of female pioneers and reveals how their insights are invaluable to
understanding areas of economics ranging from production, work, and
the economics of the household, to income and wealth distribution,
consumption, public policy, and much more. This pathbreaking book
presents a whole new perspective on the development of economic
thought. It will be essential reading for all students and scholars
of the history of economic thought and feminist economics.
In the history of economics, women writers were all but invisible
until a few decades ago. Although much work has now been
recuperated, the writings on economics of eighteenth-century women
authors have yet to be brought fully to light. This new
three-volume collection from Routledge remedies that omission and
makes key archival source material readily available to scholars,
researchers, and students. This comprehensive compilation of
eighteenth-century works by women writers includes several texts
translated into English for the first time, such as an important
critique on Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) by
Sophie de Grouchy Condorcet. The collection is divided into three
volumes. Volume I ('The Economy of the Household') addresses the
following topics: moral and economic conduct; women's position in
marriage; gender equality; and household production. The second
volume ('The Economy of the Market'), meanwhile, brings together
texts that address education, work, wages, access to the
professions, and issues of wealth and poverty more generally.
Volume III assembles materials under the title 'Women's Views on
Institutions and Change'. Women's Economic Thought in the
Eighteenth Century is a treasure-trove for all serious scholars and
students of economic history. The gathered works are reproduced in
facsimile, giving users a strong sense of immediacy to the texts
and permitting citation to the original pagination. And with a
detailed and comprehensive introduction placing the materials fully
in context, the collection is destined to be welcomed as a vital
reference and research resource.
Edited by a leading scholar in the field, this is a new title in
the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Economics.
It is a four-volume collection of historical and contemporary work
in the flourishing field of feminist economics, an innovative and
dynamic area of scholarship that broadens the scope of economic
inquiry and allows a richer and more complex view of the ways in
which economies function. The first two volumes of the collection
consist of work done before the founding of the International
Association for Feminist Economics in 1991 and are organized
historically. The final two volumes consist of cutting-edge
contemporary work in feminist economics and are organized
thematically. This new Routledge title, edited by two leading
scholars, is a four-volume collection of canonical and the very
best cutting-edge work in feminist economics, an innovative and
dynamic area of scholarship that has broadened the scope of
economic inquiry and has allowed a richer and more complex
understanding of the ways in which economies function. Volume I
('Early Conversations, 1800-1960') gathers foundational work
produced before the professionalization and specialization of the
social sciences by writers who were variously categorized as
journalists, reformers, and-occasionally-as economists. Their
writing provides important historical background on subjects such
as household production, women's participations in paid labour, and
gender equality, subjects that remain central to feminist economics
today. Volume II ('Households, Labour, and Paid Work') brings
together the best work by professional economists examining various
aspects of women's labour both within and outside the domestic
sphere. Topics include reproductive labour, caring labour, women's
labour force participation, the gender wage gap, occupational
segregation, and the economics of the family. Volume III
('Engendering Development and Economic Well-Being') assembles work
with a specifically international or global perspective. Among the
topics covered are: women and development; the gendered effects of
structural adjustment; property rights; economic transformation;
and measures of economic well-being. The final volume in the
collection ('Epistemological and Methodological Considerations')
focuses on a feminist rethinking of economics. Volume IV collects
the best scholarship on methodology, the history of economics, and
postmodern and postcolonial critiques of both feminist and
conventional economics. Fully indexed and with a comprehensive
introduction to each volume newly written by the editors, and an
invited introduction to the final volume written by Gillian
Hewitson, which places the collected material in its historical and
intellectual context, Feminist Economics is an essential reference
work. It is destined to be valued by scholars and students of
economics-as well as those working in allied disciplines such as
women's and gender studies-as a vital research resource.
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