POLS 3125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Capital Accumulation, Proletarianization, Gender Analysis
20 Dec 2017
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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 economic rights); women"s personal autonomy; women as political agents; eliminating discrimination and recognizing differences; ecological and environment sustainability, focuses on human needs and well-being. The development of a capitalistic labour market in canada: 2 points of view, freedom of worker to choose, reject, change employment.
