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“Gendering International Political Economy” (2005)
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@MISC{Hoskyns05“genderinginternational,
author = {C Hoskyns and S Rai and Catherine Hoskyns and Shirin M. Rai},
title = {“Gendering International Political Economy”},
year = {2005}
}
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Abstract
In this paper we argue that the gap between economic analysis and the rest of human life needs to be explored and bridged. The difference in economic criteria being applied to our life-worlds is often justified by the statement that economic analysis is only attempting to explain a certain part of life – albeit an important one. The danger is that this artificial separation allows distortions to creep in because in the real world issues to do with ‘body politics’, and social reproduction more broadly, permeate economics as well as all other aspects of life. International Political Economy (IPE) has sought to bring together the study of states and the study of markets in a global context. What needs doing now is to extend and transform the scope of IPE by incorporating the study of households and the function of social reproduction centrally in the analysis. In dealing with gaps and dissonances, feminist and gender research provides cross-disciplinary analysis and targeted research tools, addressing, in particular the issues arising from the unequal structural position of women and men in social and economic spheres. This kind of research has also opened up certain concepts, for example, production and the market to political scrutiny and demonstrated how
Keyphrases
international political economy social reproduction economic analysis permeate economics cross-disciplinary analysis certain part important one certain concept research tool artificial separation economic criterion global context body politics real world issue human life need unequal structural position political scrutiny economic sphere
