09.10.2023 Introduction to FPE#

Origins#

  • similiar to Feminist Economics, but more interdisciplinary

  • understanding of dialectic between

    • individual choice

    • collective identity

    • structural inequality

  • critical exploration of power

  • broad interest (household, family, community), not just market

FPE:

  • no separation between public and private

  • patriarchy as fundamental to capitalism

  • plurality of methodological approaches

  • interconnected with feminist movements

    • first wave feminism: suffragettes

    • second wave feminism: 60s liberation

Global Perspective#

  • interconnectedness of crisis

  • north south divide

  • position of countries in global reproduction

  • effects of coloniality

Renewed Interest#

  • after Marginal Revolution = economics was not broad anymore

  • Political Economy = integration of social sciences back into the field

  • 00s = rising inequality and crisis not described by classical econ

Feminist Political Economy similar to Feminist Economics!

Economics and Men#

  • Economics = male dominated

  • models = color blind

  • androcentric

  • homo oeconomicus: egoistic men