UID:
almahu_9949383566902882
Format:
1 online resource (xx, 242 pages)
ISBN:
9781315641874
,
1315641879
,
9781317281320
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1317281322
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9781317281313
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1317281314
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9781317281306
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1317281306
Series Statement:
Routledge frontiers of political economy
Content:
The author introduces the concept of economic woman and makes her visible in duality with and opposition to the exclusive model of economic man. Economic man has epitomized neo-liberal capitalism, which embraces competition and maximization of profit, resulting in a steep increase in economic inequality. The book demonstrates that women's inequality is a crucial factor in economic inequality, which cannot be fully understood without relating to women's situation, and that economic woman cannot thrive in the conditions of economic inequality created under global neo-liberalism. Emphasising the international human rights guarantees of women's right to equality in all fields of life, the author documents woman's increased participation in political, public, financial and corporate institutions, employment and entrepreneurship, with some women reaching high profile positions. Nevertheless, using global data, she reveals that economic woman lags behind, with a severe economic power deficit, an unfulfilled promise of equal employment opportunity, a gendered impact of poverty and barriers to gender equality in the family. The book analyses the trap of women's increased burden of breadwinning in the context of discriminatory laws and practices, infrastructural failures and policy gaps, which preempt achievement of gender equality in economic life. The book is intended for the general reader, academics, students, policy makers and NGOs. It shows economic woman at a global crossroads between a universal paradigm of gender equality and pervasive barriers to equal economic opportunity. The author demonstrates that tackling gender inequality, restoring welfare priorities and reducing economic inequality are inextricably linked. Human rights and governments have a vital role to play in addressing them all, to create a sustainable economic infrastructure for the lives of women and men.
Note:
Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introducing Economic Woman; 1 Conceptualising economic woman; 2 International human rights law; 3 Cross-cutting issues; 4 Outline of the book; Part I Economic Power; 1 Economic leadership; 2 Entrepreneurship; 3 Women's economic power deficit; Part II The Sale of Human Capital; 1 Female labour force participation (FLFP); 2 Promotion and gender pay gaps; 3 Informal work; 4 Sexual harassment at work; 5 The pension gap; 6 The third and fourth industrial revolutions
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7 Maternity and gendered care responsibilities8 Domestic workers; 9 The unfulfilled promise of equal employment opportunity; Part III Gendered Poverty -- Revisiting the Feminisation of Poverty Paradigm; 1 The incidence of poverty; 2 Abuse of women's bodies and dignity; 3 Development and human rights agendas for reduction of poverty; 4 Tackling gendered poverty; Part IV Family Economics; 1 Women's right to equality in the family -- historical development; 2 A spectrum between traditionalist and modernist families; 3 Women's investment in the family and women breadwinners; 4 Family caregiving
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5 The economics of biological motherhood6 Matrimonial property; 7 Dissolution of marriage; 8 Inheritance; 9 Maintenance and custody; 10 International human right to equality in the family -- transformation and backlash; Concluding Chapter -- Economic Woman at a Crossroads; 1 Reflections; Index
Additional Edition:
Print version: Radai, Franses. Economic woman. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019 ISBN 9781138189027
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315641874
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