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Social Reproduction: Feminist Political Economy Challenges Neo-Liberalism

By Meg Luxton , Kate Bezanson

Book information

Publisher
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
0773531033, 9780773531031
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1236419 bytes)
Pages
336\336
Time added
2017-03-03 17:16:13
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Description

Using a feminist political economy approach, contributors document the impact of current socio-economic policies on states, markets, households, and communities. Relying on impressive empirical research, they argue that women bear the costs of and responsibility for care-giving and show that the theoretical framework provided by feminist analyses of social reproduction not only corrects the gender-blindness of most economic theories but suggests an alternative that places care-giving at its centre. In this illuminating study, they challenge feminist scholars to re-engage with materialism and political economy to engage with feminism.

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