Feminist Political Economy: A Global Perspective offers a critical introduction to feminist perspectives within political economy. The book challenges mainstream economic theories by incorporating gender analysis into various economic concepts. It examines issues such as care work, social reproduction, household inequalities, and labor markets, highlighting the gendered dimensions of poverty and economic development. The authors utilize a global perspective, drawing on research from both the Global North and South. The book serves as a valuable resource for students and researchers seeking to understand the intersection of gender and economics.
Challenging mainstream narratives in political economy, the new book Feminist Political Economy: A Global Perspective (Agenda Publishing, 2023) serves as an introduction to a new era of critical research. It is written by Prof. Sara Cantillon, Dr. Sara Stevano and Prof. Odile Mackett, who have carried out incredible work to deconstruct gender-blind approaches in contemporary economic research. The book brings together the most important topics in political economy and demonstrates why feminist approaches are crucial to understanding social relations. It begins with an overview of feminist political economy and then offers a nuanced perspective on care, social reproduction, inequalities in households and labour markets, and the feminisation of poverty. As mentioned in the podcast, the book not only takes a feminist approach to theory, but is also an example of the practice of feminist research, focusing for example on female scholars.
The host, Sarah Vogelsanger, is a feminist researcher, who is interested in social justice, critical migration studies and political ecology.
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