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

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2015
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Disciplina: 330/.082; 330.082
• Soggetto topico: Feminist economics; Women - Economic conditions; Women - Employment
• Altri autori: FigartDeborah M MutariEllen <1956->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Women and the economy
• ISBN: 1-317-45187-2; 0-7656-0996-7; 1-317-45188-0; 1-315-69811-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823396303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II