Engendered Economics: Incorporating Diversity into Political Economy: Incorporating Diversity into Political Economy

by Mutari,Ellen

• ISBN13: 9781563249969
• ISBN10: 1563249960
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-05-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book provides an overview of current developments within feminist political economy, including reformulations of economic theory, historical and empirical research on the economic roles and status of women and people of color, as well as proposals for broadening the public policy agenda. Rather than offering a feminist critique of neoclassical economics, this volume presents feminist economics in dialogue with progressive economic theory and public policy. It differentiates itself further by addressing issues of class, race and sexuality in interaction with gender.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: The Development of Feminist Political Economy	3	(18)
Ellen Mutari
Heather Boushey
Part I Dissolving Dichotomies: New Approaches to Social Reproduction and Labor Supply
Family Troubles	21	(21)
Brian Cooper
Female Labor Supply During Early Industrialization: Women's Labor Force Participation in Historical Perspective	42	(19)
Margaret S. Coleman
Gender, Sexuality, and Sexual Orientation: All in the Feminist Family?	61	(17)
M.V. Lee Badgett
A Structural Connection Among Race, Gender, Class: Marx's Political Economy Without the Subject	78	(14)
Teresa Brennan
Class, Gender, and Culture: A Discussion of Marxism, Feminism, and Postmodernism	92	(23)
Ann Davis
Part II Engendering Production: The Social Construction of Low-Wage Labor Markets
Comparable Worth in a Restructuring Economy: Discourse and Counter-Discourse	115	(16)
Ellen Mutari
Deborah M. Figart
Women and Labor Market Flexibility: The Cases of Japan and the Former West Germany in the Postwar Years	131	(19)
David Kucera
Race, Class, and Occupational Mobility: Black and White Women in Service Work in the United States	150	(20)
Marilyn Power
Sam Rosenberg
Embracing Discrimination? The Interaction Between Low-Wage Labor Markets and Policies in Aid of the Poor	170	(18)
Heather Boushey
Reversing the Great U-Turn: Pay Equity, Poverty, and Inequality	188	(19)
Deborah M. Figart
June Lapidus
Bibliography	207	(28)
About the Editors and Contributors	235	(3)
Index	238