Liberating Economics: Feminist Perspectives on Families, Work, and Globalization

Contents

Contents List of Figures ix List of Tables xi Preface and Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1. “Economics,” She Wrote 1 Chapter 2. Family Matters: Reproducing the Gender Division of Labor 19 Chapter 3. Love’s Labors—Care’s Costs 41 Chapter 4. Women, Work, and National Policies 56 Chapter 5. Women and Poverty in the Industrialized Countries 75 Chapter 6. Globalization Is a Feminist Issue 95 Chapter 7. Dickens Redux: Globalization and the Informal Economy 118 Chapter 8. The Liberated Economy 128 Notes 145 Select Bibliography 167 Index 181 ...