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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823396303321

Titolo

Women and the economy : a reader / / edited by Ellen Mutari and Deborah M. Figart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-317-45187-2

0-7656-0996-7

1-317-45188-0

1-315-69811-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FigartDeborah M

MutariEllen <1956->

Disciplina

330/.082

330.082

Soggetti

Feminist economics

Women - Economic conditions

Women - Employment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2003 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Methodologies for studying women and the economy -- section 2. The rise and fall of separate spheres -- section 3. Households and social reproduction -- section 4. Mainstream approaches to labor market outcomes -- section 5. Heterodox approaches to labor market outcomes -- section 6. Policies affecting women, work, and families -- section 7. The gendered impact of economic development and globalization.

Sommario/riassunto

This reader is designed for use as a primary or supplementary text for courses on women's role in the economy. Both interdisciplinary and heterodox in its approach, it showcases feminist economic analyses that utilize insights from institutionalism as well as neoclassical economics. Including both classic and newer selections from a broad range of areas, each section includes an introduction with background material, as well as discussion questions, exercises, and lists of key terms an further readings.