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  Feminist economics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Feminist economics broadly refers to a developing branch of economics that applies feminist insights and critiques to mainstream economics.
Research under this heading is often interdisciplinary, critical, or heterodox, and discusses the relationship between feminism and economics on many levels: from applying mainstream economic methods to under-researched "women's" areas, to questioning how mainstream economics values the reproductive sector, to deeply philosophical critiques of economic epistemology and methodology.
It is also often considered part of welfare economics or labour economics, since it emphasizes child welfare, and the value of labour in itself, as opposed to production for a marketplace, the focus of classical economy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Feminist_economics   (410 words)

  
 Feminist Economics Homepage
Feminist economics is an exciting, dynamic, multi-faceted area of economic inquiry and activism.
Many feminist economists fault mainstream economic analysis for being "masculinist" ­ viewing the economy from the point of view of men's experience, and defining the typical economic actor as "rational economic man." They seek to construct alternative theoretical approaches and economic concepts which include women's experience and feminine values such as caring, cooperation, and provisioning.
Some feminist economists assert that since race, class and nationality affect one's experience of gender, they too are an integral part of feminist economics.
www.wellesley.edu /Economics/matthaei/home_fem.html   (304 words)

  
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Feminist economy redefines economy from the viewpoint of gender as an analytic category and its relation to other identity categories such as racial, class and gender orientation, comprising and demonstrating the governing hierarchies and privileges in economic and social systems.
Feminist economics is a scientific and theoretic discipline approaching economic issues from a wider social and political standpoint.
Feminist economics investigates the ways in which theoretic concepts of economics are gendered, and how gendered concepts and theories help in the distribution of power relations and status.
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 Women & The Economy - Feminist Economics
Feminist economists also study the impact of Structural Adjustment Programs on women's household work or child care arrangements and their relationship to women's access to the paid work force.
Feminist economics is necessary because in the past, much of traditional economics has ignored and excluded the experiences of women.
Economics must recognize that even those who are unable to do paid work have a right to their own income and, therefore, economic independence.
unpac.ca /economy/ecofem.html   (1901 words)

  
 Heterodox Economics Web (HEW)
Ecological Economics: The journal is concerned with extending and integrating the study and management of ``nature's household'' (ecology) and ``humankind's household'' (economics).
Journal of Economic Issues: JEI is an international journal of institutional and evolutionary economics, publishing articles that deal with basic economic problems, economic policy, methodology, the organization and control of economies, and specialized fields of economics.
Economics and Philosophy: The disciplines of economics and philosophy each possess their own special analytical methods, whose combination is powerful and fruitful.
www.orgs.bucknell.edu /afee/HetJrnls.htm   (3122 words)

  
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Feminist economics article - Feminist economics feminist ethicists economists political scientists Green economics - What-Means.com
Feminist economics is not a single study but more a set of observations by feminist ethicists, economists, political scientists and systems scientists, that women's traditional work (e.g.
Feminist economics article - Feminist economics definition - what means Feminist economics
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Feminist_economics   (297 words)

  
 Theses from Uppsala University : 480 - Women and economic justice
The demand is made, that in order for economics to justify a place within a justice discourse, all peoples who are willing and able, should have the option to provide for their basic needs; clean water, food, housing, elemen- tary education, elementary health-care and sanitation in a sustainable manner.
This thesis contains an analysis of feminist economics as it is developed with regards to ethics by Bina Agarwal, Nancy Folbre, Julie A. Nelson and Gita Sen. Feminist economists focus on women's autonomy, construction of gender and of economics.
Feminist liberation theology ethics focus on how situations of injustice affect women and insists that attention is given to the actual situation of the poor.
publications.uu.se /theses/abstract.xsql?lang=en&isbn=91-554-4759-7   (463 words)

  
 IAFFE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Feminist Economics is a peer-reviewed journal that provides an open forum for dialogue and debate about feminist economic perspectives.
By opening new areas of economic inquiry, welcoming diverse voices, and encouraging critical exchanges, the journal enlarges and enriches economic discourse.
The goal of Feminist Economics is not just to develop more illuminating theories, but to improve the conditions of living for all children, women, and men.
www.iaffe.org /iaffe/Home.asp   (205 words)

  
 Feminist economics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Feminist economics is not a single study but more a set of observations by feminist ethicists, economists, political scientists and systems scientists,that women's traditional work (e.g.
It isalso often considered part of welfare economics or labour economics, since it emphasizes child welfare, and the value oflabour in itself, as opposed to production for a marketplace, the focus of classical economy.
Measures such as employment equity were implemented in developed nations in the 1970s to 1990s, but these were notentirely successful in removing wage gaps even in nations with strong equity traditions.
www.therfcc.org /feminist-economics-17202.html   (269 words)

  
 The Elgar Companion to Feminist Economics
The Elgar Companion to Feminist Economics is the first comprehensive reference work introducing readers to the field of feminist economics.
‘Feminist economics offers a new perspective, considering the impact of economics on human lives, particularly women and their children.
The whole spectrum of economic thought is covered, including economic concepts, schools of economic thought, traditional economic fields, policy issues and feminist economics professional organizations.
employees.csbsju.edu /mlewis/elgar_companion_to_feminist_econ.htm   (290 words)

  
 Rethinking the Dismal Science - Feminist Economics
Feminist economics, she stresses, is not a definition but a terrain with a multiplicity of economic features.
The diverse and complex viewpoints of feminist economics mean that some really interesting debates are going on concerning issues such as welfare reform, child care, family planning, economic development, domestic abuse, sexual harassment, discrimination and affirmative action, pay equity, family leave, and the feminization of poverty.
Feminist Economics strives to avoid pitfalls such as assuming that cultural, economic, or legal details of a particular country are familiar to and accepted by people elsewhere.
www.rice.edu /sallyport/2004/winter/features/dismalscience   (3214 words)

  
 Feminist Job Listing: Assistant Editor, Feminist Economics - Rice University
Feminist Economics, based at Rice University, is a peer-reviewed journal that provides an open forum for dialogue and debate about feminist economic perspectives.
The goal of Feminist Economics is not just to develop more illuminating theories, but also to improve the conditions of living for all children, women and men.
Feminist Economics seeks an experienced and innovative assistant editor to assist the managing editor and editor with the administrative aspects of the journal.
www.feminist.org /911/jobs/jobdescription.asp?jobID=3970   (380 words)

  
 Principles of Feminist Economics
As with other branches of economics and other social sciences, feminist economics is constantly evolving in response to new research as well as new economic developments in the world around us.
Once it is acknowledged that the household is a locus of economic activity, it also becomes apparent that unpaid work, such as the raising of children and all household work, is an essential aspect of any economy which must be recognized.
Thus feminists have made a point of pushing out the boundaries of traditional economic analysis and investigating subjects and constructing data sets which "encourage research accountable to the well-being of all people" (Strassman 1998, viii).
www.facstaff.bucknell.edu /gschnedr/FemPrcpls.htm   (3283 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Feminism, Objectivity and Economics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Extending a feminist analysis of the influence of masculine norms on the development of Western Science, Feminism, Objectivity and Economics evaluates the abstract core models of neoclassical economics.
Alternatives such as discarding all current economic practice, or setting up an economics solely for women or for "women's issues" are explicitly and emphatically rejected.
The text concludes that an economics informed by feminist theory would be an improved one, for all practioners and subjects.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0415133378   (193 words)

  
 Global Development And Environment Institute
The 1993 publication of Marianne A. Ferber and Julie A. Nelson’s Beyond Economic Man was a landmark in both feminist scholarship and the discipline of economics, and it quickly became a handbook for those seeking to explore the emerging connections between the two.
A decade later, this book looks back at the progress of feminist economics and forward to its future, offering both a thorough overview of feminist economic thought and a collection of new, high quality work from the field’s leading scholars.
Marianne A. Ferber is professor emerita of economics and women’s studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign.
www.ase.tufts.edu /gdae/Pubs/te/feminist_econ.htm   (293 words)

  
 feminist economics Results at Financing Help Online - Financial Resources and Information about feminist economics, ...
The Feminist Majority Foundation works for social and political and economic equality for women by using research and education to improve women's lives.
Nilufer Cagatay, assistant professor of economics at the University of Utah, discussed the feminist movement at the February meeting of the Humanists of Utah.
Sponsored links: Feminist economics is not a single study but more a set of...
www.financing-help-online.com /fho/economics/feminist-economics   (234 words)

  
 Feminist Majority Foundation
Feminist Teacher addresses how to fight sexism, racism, homophobia, and other forms of oppression in our classrooms and academic institutions.A peer-reviewed journal, Feminist Teacher provides a forum for interrogations of cultural assumptions and discussions of such topics as multiculturalism, interdisciplinarity, and distance education within a feminist context.
The Reporter is a forum for ideas, criticism, debate and analysis for the feminist and legal communities; it is also a practical legal publication born of a commitment to the struggle for expanding women's rights.
Devoted to descriptive, theoretical, clinical, and empirical perspectives on the topic of women and therapy, the journal is intended for feminist practitioners as well as for individuals interested in the practice of feminist therapy.
www.feminist.org /research/pubjourn.html   (2088 words)

  
 Student Petition of Autisme-Economie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Lavoie’s investigation of the connections between Post-Keynesian and feminist economics notes the importance of pedagogy, but his essay does not discuss teaching.
Beginning in 1985 and running through at least 1997, there were panels at various economics meetings (including the ASSA), conferences, faculty development programs, workshops, seminars, peer reviewed published papers, as well as a number of edited volumes produced by feminist economists and aimed at deep transformation of the teaching of economics.
Feminism and Methodology philosopher Sandra Harding argues that one of the key distinctive features of feminist research is that the researcher places her/himself and the subject of research “on the same plane.”  This epistemological position has direct application in pedagogy.
www.paecon.net /PAEtexts/Feiner1.htm   (1843 words)

  
 Feminist economics -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Feminist economics -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
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www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fe/feminist_economics.htm   (250 words)

  
 343 outline:
Feminist economics critically analyzes both economic theory and economic life through the lens of gender and advocates various forms of feminist economic transformation.
After a theoretical and empirical introduction to the subject, we will study mainstream analyses of gender differences and inequality, for these analyses provide the foundation for feminist economic analysis and critique.
INTERVIEW WITH A FEMINIST ECONOMISTFeminist economics is a new, multi-faceted, and evolving field and the question, “What is feminist economics?” and “What should feminist economics be?” are key questions which we will be examining throughout the course.
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First, we will discuss feminist approaches to economics or what may be called the emerging feminist paradigm in economics.
This literature is critical of the existing economic paradigms which leave gender out as a category of analysis and it seeks to “engender” economic analyses at both micro and macro levels.
Folbre, Nancy “Socialism, Feminist and Scientific” in Ferber and Nelson (eds), Beyond Economic Man: Feminist Theory and Economics, University of Chicago Press, 1993.
www.econ.utah.edu /genmac/2004/5170syllabus.doc   (2479 words)

  
 International Association for Feminist Economics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
To educate economists, policy makers, and the general public on feminist points of view on economic issues
To foster evaluations of the underlying constructs of the economics discipline from feminist perspectives
Publication of a scholarly journal, Feminist Economics, to increase awareness of feminist research in economics"
www.ngowatch.org /iaffe.htm   (186 words)

  
 Feminist Event Calendar - 5/26/2005: Feminist Development Economics graduate diploma, NA
Description: The Institute of Social Studies is accepting applications for a six-week post-graduate diploma programme “Feminist Development Economics” The course will take place in The Hague, the Netherlands from the 26th May to the 8th of July 2005
Participants will develop a feminist development economic analysis that complements neoclassical theory and strengthens post-Keynesian, Marxian and institutional economic theories.
After an introduction into feminist economic methodology, which introduces gender into economics, the programme will focus on major topics in micro- and macroeconomics, including quantitative analyses in computer labs.
www.feminist.org /calendar/cal_details.asp?idSchedule=3816   (167 words)

  
 IMC India - Feminist Economics and Globalization   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The first part of the workshop introduced the fundamentals of Feminist Economics in this way: the basic idea is that feminist economists approach their analysis of the economy from a perspective of provision for human needs, as opposed to the standard approach, which is the pursuit of profit.
The feminist orientation is that human provision is the goal in itself.
The idea is to generate a critical mass of women able to incorporate feminist economics views in their work.
india.indymedia.org /en/2004/01/208907.shtml   (1498 words)

  
 Table of contents for Feminist economics and the World Bank   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Table of contents for Feminist economics and the World Bank : history, theory, and policy / edited by Edith Kuiper and Drucilla K. Barker.
Feminist economics and the World Bank: an introduction Drucilla K. Barker and Edith Kuiper Part 1 Gender and the World Bank: an institutional history 2.
Why feminist economists should pay more attention to the coherence between the World Bank and the WTO Mariama Williams 16.
www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/ecip0510/2005007856.html   (329 words)

  
 Labor Economist Myra Strober to Deliver Feminist Economics Lecture at Radcliffe Institute
Stanford University professor Myra Strober, who was an expert witness in the 1997 Gary and Lorna Wendt/General Electric divorce case, will deliver the fourth annual Feminist Economics Lecture at the Radcliffe Public Policy Institute (RPPI) on Thursday, May 21, at 4 p.m., 69 Brattle St., Cambridge.
Strober, a labor economist, is a professor at the School of Education at Stanford.
She also writes on the economics of child care, feminist economics, and the teaching of economics.
www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/1998/05.14/LaborEconomistM.html   (319 words)

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