Feminism, Economics and Utopia: Time Travelling through Paradigms

by Karin Schonpflug

Overview

Are there feminist, economic utopian visions amongst feminist economists? What are these visions? Is there a common vision for feminist economics or should there be? Can feminist economics be effective without a utopian vision?Comprehensive and original, this book surveys the entire field of utopian literature; from Plato to the present. Answering

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134114207
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/26/2008
Series:	Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	567 KB

About the Author

Karin Schönpflug is an Economist at the Austrian Ministry of Finance and also Lecturer at the University of Vienna, Austria.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Gender Relations in Utopia 3. The Cartisian Turn in Utopia 4. Nuts and Bolts: Methodology 5. Work 6. Femeconers and Utopia: Paradigm Change Now? 7. 'Der Neue Mensch' and his Need to be Governed 8. The Vision of the Free Market: 'Free to Choose?'