Feminism, Economics and Utopia Time Travelling through Paradigms [Paperback]

Are there feminist, economic utopian visions amongst feminist economists? What are these visions? Is there a common vision for feminist economics or should there be? Can feminist economics be effective without a utopian vision?

Comprehensive and original, this book surveys the entire field of utopian literature; from Plato to the present. Answering a range of questions and written by a rising star in feminist economics it provides explanations of:

• the different kinds of feminism
• the evolution of feminist thought
• the development of feminist economics
• the history and sources of utopias as a theoretical and/or literary tool.

This volume is a must for all students studying the intersection of gender and economics.

1. Introduction  2. Gender Relations in Utopia  3. The Cartisian Turn in Utopia  4. Nuts and Bolts: Methodology  5. Work  6. Femeconers and Utopia: Paradigm Change Now?  7. 'Der Neue Mensch' and his Need to be Governed  8. The Vision of the Free Market: 'Free to Choose?'

Karin Sch?npflug is an Economist at the Austrian Ministry of Finance and also Lecturer at the University of Vienna, Austria.