Women and the Economy: A Reader by Ellen Mutari (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Women and the Economy: A Reader by Ellen Mutari, Deborah M. Figart This reader is designed for use as a primary or supplementary text for courses on womens 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. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This reader is designed for use as a primary or supplementary text for courses on womens 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. Author Biography Ellen Mutari, Deborah M. Figart Table of Contents 1: Methodologies for Studying Women and the Economy; 1: Rethinking Economics Through a Feminist Lens; 2: Revisiting Class; 3: Feminist Economics; 2: The Rise and Fall of Separate Spheres; 4: Breadwinners and Other Workers; 5: Industrialization, Female Labor Force Participation, and the Modern Division of Labor by Sex; 6: Men and Monotony; 7: Exploring "Present Through the Past"; 8: Marriage, Children, and Womens Employment; 3: Households and Social Reproduction; 9: The Economic Risks of Being a Housewife; 10: For Love or Money—Or Both?; 11: Student Attitudes Toward Roles of Women and Men; 12: The Household as a Focus for Research; 4: Mainstream Approaches to Labor Market Outcomes; 13: The Earnings Gap and Family Choices; 14: Race and Gender Wage Gaps in the Market for Recent College Graduates; 15: Motor Bus Deregulation and the Gender Wage Gap; 16: "That Single-Mother Element"; 5: Heterodox Approaches to Labor Market Outcomes; 17: The Political Economy of Labor Market Discrimination; 18: Black Womens Breakthrough into Clerical Work; 19: Gender as More Than a Dummy Variable; 20: Just Checking It Out; 6: Policies Affecting Women, Work, and Families; 21: Single, with Children; 22: The Minimum Wage Increase; 23: The Challenge of Comparable Worth; 24: Curing Child Poverty in the United States; 25: Why Americans Need Family Leave Benefits and How They Can Get Them; 7: The Gendered Impact of Economic Development and Globalization; 26: Gender and International Labor Standards in the World Economy; 27: Globalization, Gender, and the Davos Man; 28: Development, Gender, and the Environment; 29: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Details ISBN0765609959 Short Title WOMEN & THE ECONOMY Language English ISBN-10 0765609959 ISBN-13 9780765609953 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 330.082 Illustrations Yes Year 2003 Publication Date 2003-05-31 Subtitle A Reader Edited by Ellen Mutari DOI 10.1604/9780765609953 AU Release Date 2003-05-31 NZ Release Date 2003-05-31 US Release Date 2003-05-31 UK Release Date 2003-05-31 Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Author Deborah M. Figart Pages 368 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Alternative 9780765609960 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134442472;

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