Social provisioning as a starting point for feminist economics

被引:159
作者
Power, M [1 ]
机构
[1] Sarah Lawrence Coll, Bronxville, NY 10708 USA
关键词
social provisioning; feminist political economics; feminist methodology; welfare reform; gender and development; feminist ecological economics;
D O I
10.1080/1354570042000267608
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
The past decade has seen a proliferation of writing by feminist economists. Feminist economists are not identified with one particular economic paradigm, yet some common methodological points seem to be emerging. I propose making these starting points more explicit so that they can be examined, critiqued, and built upon. I use the term "social provisioning" to describe this emerging methodology. Its five main components are: incorporation of caring and unpaid labor as fundamental economic activities; use of well-being as a measure of economic success; analysis of economic, political, and social processes and power relations; inclusion of ethical goals and values as an intrinsic part of the analysis; and interrogation of differences by class, race-ethnicity, and other factors. The paper then provides brief illustrations of the use of this methodology in analyses of US welfare reform, gender and development, and feminist ecological economics.
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