Economics 254 - Feminist Economics

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

American Studies, GSS This course reexamines economics by looking at traditional theories through a feminist lens. Emerging feminist approaches challenge the currently used framework of economic analysis, at both the micro and macro levels, for omitting the crucial analytical category of gender. Feminist economics seeks to correct the mainstream vision of how contemporary societies organize the activities of production and distribution. Course topics include feminist critiques of economic theories: "en-gendering" the economicquestion per se; the importance of reconceptualizing the economy as a three-sector model- household, market, and government; household production versus market-oriented production- social division of labor by gender; contemporary labor market issues and policies, including wage gap, comparable worth, discrimination, and affirmative action; economic growth, poverty trends, and government policy; and "efficient" versus "equitable" growt

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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