Feminist Institutionalism and Neoliberalism.
Neoliberalism is an ideology that requires the public/private split in human affairs to exist and to be perceived as normal and natural. This paper begins by looking at the feminist critique of dualisms, as developed by the feminist institutional economist Ann Jennings and feminist economists Paula...
| Published in: | Feminist Economics Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 51 - 77 |
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Jul2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=151609557&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 151609557 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 13545701 5B8 jtl: Feminist Economics issn: 13545701 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2021 vid: 27 iid: 3 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 151609557 10.1080/13545701.2021.1883194 ppf: 51 ppct: 26 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 241KB tig: atl: Feminist Institutionalism and Neoliberalism. aug: au: Waller, William Wrenn, Mary V. su: Feminists Neoliberalism Agency theory Human behavior Dualism sug: subj: Feminists Neoliberalism Agency theory Human behavior Dualism keyword: Agency caregiving feminist methodology ab: Neoliberalism is an ideology that requires the public/private split in human affairs to exist and to be perceived as normal and natural. This paper begins by looking at the feminist critique of dualisms, as developed by the feminist institutional economist Ann Jennings and feminist economists Paula England and Julie Nelson and then applies their critique of the public/private dualisms to neoliberal conceptions of agency and care. The paper argues that once dualism is exposed as an incorrect representation of existential reality, it becomes impossible to use for justifying the characterization of behavior, invidious distinctions, and the social valuations of human behavior it supports, thereby making neoliberal assumptions about normal behavior that support its policy prescriptions untenable. Finally, it explores the consequences of this critique of neoliberalism on the conceptualization of agency and the economics of care. HIGHLIGHTS Feminist economists and original institutionalists share aspects of their inquiry. Both approaches understand economics as the study of social provisioning. The public/private dualism is necessary to sustain neoliberal ideology. Discrediting the public/private dualism leads to rejecting neoliberal agency. Caring is inconsistent with neoliberal ideology. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Feminist Economics is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Feminist Economics holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2021 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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