A History of Feminist and Gender Economics Routledge Studies in the History of Economics Series
Auteur : Becchio Giandomenica
This book offers a historical exploration of the genesis of feminist economics and gender economics, as well as their theoretical and methodological differences. Its narrative also serves to embed both within a broader cultural context.
Although both feminist economics and gender neoclassical economics belong to the cultural process related to the central role of the political economy in promoting women?s emancipation and empowerment, they differ in many aspects. Feminist economics, mainly influenced by women?s studies and feminism, rejected neoclassical economics, while gender neoclassical economics, mainly influenced by home economics and the new home economics, adopted the neoclassical economics? approach to gender issues. The book includes diverse case studies, which also highlight the continuity between the story of women?s emancipation and the more recent developments of feminist and gender studies.
This volume will be of great interest to researchers and academia in the fields of feminist economics, gender studies, and the history of economic thought.
Introduction
Chapter I. Woman question and political economy.
I.1 Women economists in Great Britain between classical liberalism and Fabianism
I.1.1 The classical liberal tradition during Victorianism
I.1.2 The socialist tradition between Fabianism and Guildism
I.2 Woman question in Austria and Germany: Jewishness and political economy
I.2.1 The classical liberal tradition in Austria and the Austrian school women economists
I.2.2 The socialist tradition in Austrian women economists
I.2.3 Early feminism and political economy in Germany.
I.3 Woman question in the United States: political economy between abolitionism and social reforms
I.3.1 The fight for civil rights
I.3.2 Women’s emancipation within economic departments and the role of female entrepreneurship.
Chapter II. Home economics, household economics, and new home economics in the United States.
II.1 The birthing of home economics
II.2 Household economics at the University of Chicago
II.3 From household economics to the new home economics
Chapter III. The genesis and development of feminist economics within academia
III.1 The role of women’s studies in the emerging of feminist economics
III.2 Feminist economics: from CSWEP to IAFFE
III.3 Feminist economics’ analytical and methodological core
III.4 Feminist Economics: the academic journal
III.5 Possible interconnections between feminist economics and other major heterodox approaches
Chapter IV. Latest developments of gender studies in economics
IV.1 Gender as a cultural category
IV.2 Gender feminist economics
IV.3 Gender neoclassical economics
IV.4 Beyond labels: some data about gender gaps in the world economy
IV. 4.1 Gender labor gap
IV.4.2 Gender wage gap
IV.4.3 Gender entrepreneurship gap
Appendix: Timeline.
Woman question and political economy. The genesis of feminist economics and gender neoclassical economics
Index of names
Giandomenica Becchio is Senior Researcher of Economics and Professor of History of Economic Thought and Methodology of Economics at the University of Turin, Italy.
Date de parution : 06-2021
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Date de parution : 11-2019
15.6x23.4 cm
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Mots-clés :
Man’s Field; Women Economists; Gender Wage Gap; Median Monthly Earnings; Jewish Female Students; Iowa State College; Allied Social Sciences Association Meetings; Vice Versa; Sophie De Grouchy; Married Women; Myra Strober; Economic Journal; 19th Century Early 20th Century; Home Economics Departments; Lake Placid Conference; Gendered Political Economy; Home Economics; Home Economics Education; Feminist Economics; Hazel Kyrk; JEL Code; De Bow’s Review; Neoclassical Economics; Data Sets; Portfolio Entrepreneurship