TY - JOUR AU - Mader, Katharina AU - Schultheiss, Jana PY - 2011/09/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Feministische Ökonomie: Antworten auf die herrschenden Wirtschaftswissenschaften? JF - PROKLA. Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialwissenschaft JA - PROKLA VL - 41 IS - 164 SE - Artikel des Heftschwerpunkts DO - 10.32387/prokla.v41i164.6 UR - https://prokla.de/index.php/PROKLA/article/view/6 SP - 405 - 422 AB - <p>Katharina Mader, Jana Schultheiss: Feminist Economics – Challenging Mainstream<br>Economics? The prevailing assumption that economics is inherently gender-neutral is not<br>always explicitly formulated, but is tacitly assumed. Economics does not only conceal the<br>category of gender, both in its biological and social understanding, but also gender relations and<br>the corresponding power, domination and inequalities. However, economic theories are not<br>gender-neutral, but based on androcentric values and world views. The examination herewith<br>is an object of feminist economics. Gender-blind economics systematically underestimates<br>the contributions of women to the economy. In particular, the entire area of unpaid work,<br>social cohesion and interpersonal responsibility remains invisible, with no broader public<br>appreciation and no adequate attention within economic theory and economic policy. The<br>paper contains an overview of the state of feminist economics, given its pluralistic characteristics<br>and common assumptions. It reflects upon the extent to which feminist economics<br>can provide answers and alternatives to the central points of criticism of orthodox economics<br>and its political implications</p> ER -