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Toward a feminist philosophy of economics / edited by Drucilla K. Barker and Edith Kuiper. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2003. - 1 online resource (xvi, 349 pages) : illustrations - Economics as social theory . - Economics as social theory. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: sketching the contours of a feminist philosophy of economics; Rereading history; Into the margin!; Hazel Kyrk and the ethics of consumption; Feminist fiction and feminist economics: Charlotte Perkins Gilman on efficiency; Beyond markets: wage setting and the methodology of feminist political economy; Science stories and feminist economics; Some implications of the feminist project in economics for empirical methodology.

This book edited by two of the most respected figures in feminist economics is a welcome collection that charts and critically analyses how other movements have influenced the development of feminist economics as a distinct discipline.


English.

ISBN: 0203422694 (electronic bk.) 9780203422694 (electronic bk.) 9780415283878 (hbk.) 0415283876 (hbk.) 9780415283885 (pbk.) 0415283884 (pbk.) 9786610022403 6610022402 (Cloth) (Paper) 0429231423 9780429231421 1134454481 9781134454488

LCCN: 2002036700

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA3-42358

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Feminist economics.
Economics--Philosophy.
Women--Economic conditions.
Économie féministe.
Économie politique--Philosophie.
Femmes--Conditions économiques.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Economics--General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Reference.
Economics--Philosophy.
Feminist economics.
Women--Economic conditions.
Gender Studies & Sexuality.
Gender & Ethnic Studies.
Social Sciences.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HQ1381 / .T69 2003eb

Dewey Class. No.: 330/.082