Social reproduction : feminist political economy challenges neo-liberalism
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. -- Provided by publisher
1 online resource (xii, 323 pages)
9780773576902, 0773576908
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Print version:
Introduction: Social reproduction and feminist political economy / Kate Bezanson, Meg Luxton
Feminist political economy in Canada and the politics of social reproduction / Meg Luxton
Social reproduction and Canadian federalism / Barbara Cameron
Whose social reproduction? Transnational motherhood and challenges to feminist political economy / Sedef Arat-Koc
Bargaining for collective responsibility for social reproduction / Alice de Wolff
Privatization : a strategy for eliminating pay equity in health care / Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Marcy Cohen
Crisis tendencies in social reproduction : the case of Ontario's early years plan / Leah F. Vosko
The neo-liberal state and social reproduction : gender and household insecurity in the late 1990s / Kate Bezanson
Someone to watch over you : gender, class, and social reproduction / Susan Braedley
Motherhood as a class act : the many ways in which 'intensive mothering' is entangled with social class / Bonnie Fox
Friends, neighbours, and community : a case study of the role of informal caregiving in social reproduction / Meg Luxton