POLS 3125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Gender Analysis, Labour Power, Gender Equality

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3125
• Professor: Glenn Goshulak

Document Summary

Lecture 17: the role of women in the development of the canadian economy. Feminist scholars have critiqued the mainstream theoretical perspectives on political economy. For ignoring the role of women in production and reproduction. Gender analysis: based on an explicit assumption that unequal power relationships--and concomitant subordination of women-- is a historically constituted phenomenon that operates as a primary organizing principle of society. Feminist analysts within the field of political economy: when the mode of production is understood to include relations of reproduction as well as production, then the concept of class changes. Values promoted by feminist political economy: gender equality; human rights (social and e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) rights); (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s perso(cid:374)al auto(cid:374)o(cid:373)(cid:455); women as political agents; eliminating discrimination and recognizing differences; ecological and environment sustainability. The development of a capitalistic labour market in canada: 2 points of view. Freedom of worker to choose, reject, change employment. Insecurity and inhumanity of capitalistic market: rise of the capitalistic market (important factors)