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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826748803321

Autore

Barker Drucilla K. <1949->

Titolo

Liberating economics : feminist perspectives on families, work, and globalization / / Drucilla K. Barker and Susan F. Feiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2004

ISBN

0472068432

1-282-42312-6

9786612423123

0-472-02231-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Advances In Heterodox Economics

Altri autori (Persone)

FeinerSusan

Disciplina

330.082

Soggetti

Feminist economics

Women - Employment

Families - Economic aspects

Globalization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. ""Economics,"" She Wrote; Chapter 2. Family Matters: Reproducing the Gender Division of Labor; Chapter 3. Love's Labors-Care's Costs; Chapter 4. Women, Work, and National Policies; Chapter 5. Women and Poverty in the Industrialized Countries; Chapter 6. Globalization Is a Feminist Issue; Chapter 7. Dickens Redux: Globalization and the Informal Economy; Chapter 8. The Liberated Economy; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index