Towards a Gendered Political Economy PDF

The 1990s saw the rebirth of political economy, a welcome shift from the specialized and narrow approaches that have increasingly characterized the disciplines of economics, politics and sociology, and one that has the potential to guide our research into the new millennium. This collection sets out how a gendered approach to political economy can help us understand the inherently gendered structures that characterize our society, and provide the foundation for a truly interdisciplinary social science.

It provides a comprehensive coverage of gendered political economy - what it is, where it is and, perhaps more importantly, how it should develop. The twelve chapters that make up this book combine the development of a theoretical framework with empirical examples illustrating the core concerns of gendered political economy.

They show how applying a gendered analysis can improve our understanding of social, political and economic structures, and the way in which individuals behave within these structures.