Liberating economics : feminist perspectives on families, work, and globalization /

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The authors draw central concepts from women's studies scholarship to construct a feminist understanding of the economic roles of families, caring labour, motherhood, paid and unpaid labour, poverty, the feminization of labour and the consequences of globalization.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Barker, Drucilla K., 1949-
Other Authors: Feiner, Susan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, c2004.
Series:Advances in heterodox economics.
Subjects:
Feminist economics.
Women > Employment.
Families > Economic aspects.
Globalization.
Économie féministe.
Femmes > Travail.
Familles > Aspect économique.
Mondialisation.
globalism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > General.
Arbeid.
Gezin.
Internationalisatie.
Feminisme.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Economics," she wrote
  • Family matters: reproducing the gender division of labor
  • Love's labors--care's costs
  • Women, work, and national policies
  • Women and poverty in the industrialized countries
  • Globalization is a feminist issue
  • Dickens redux: globalization and the informal economy
  • The liberated economy.

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