Feminism confronts homo economicus : gender, law, and society
Drawing on the latest thinking in the fields of feminist legal theory, critical legal studies, and feminist economics, the essays critique the notion that legal and policy decision should be made solely through the lens of economics
xvii, 515 pages ; 25 cm
9780801443114, 9780801489419, 0801443113, 0801489415
56755756
pt. I. Law and economics and neoclassical economic theory. 1. Economic rhetoric, economic individualism, and the law and economics school / Terence Dougherty
2. The demoralization of economics: can we recover from Bentham and return to Smith? / Deirdre McCloskey
3. Separative and soluble selves: dichotomous thinking in economics / Paula England
pt. II. Feminism confronts neoclassical economic theory and law and economics. 4. Playing with fire: feminist legal theorists and the tools of economics / Neil H. Buchanan
5. Feminism and eutrophic methodologies / Douglas A. Kysar
6. Private property, the private subject, and women: can women truly be owners of capital? / Elizabeth Mayes
7. Nest eggs and stormy weather: law, culture, and black women's lack of wealth / Regina Austin
8. Deconstructing the state-market divide: the rhetoric of regulation from workers' compensation to the World Trade Organization / Martha T. McCluskey
pt. III. The costs of the free market: theories of collective responsibility and the withering away of public goods. 9. Cracking the foundational myths: independence, autonomy, and self-sufficiency / Martha Albertson Fineman
10. The politics of economics in welfare reform / Martha T. McClusky
11. Deterring "irresponsible" reproduction through welfare reform / Linda C. McClain
12. Feminist economics: implications for education / Myra H. Strober
pt. IV. Feminism, economics, and labor. 13. The new face of employment discrimination / Katherine V.W. Stone
14. Contingent labor: ideology in practice / Risa L. Lieberwitz
15. Commodification and women's household labor / Katherine B. Silbaugh
16. Is there agency in dependency? Expanding the feminist justifications for restructuring wage work / Laura T. Kessler
pt. V. Economics and intimacy: gendered economic roles and the regulation of intimate relationships. 17. What do women really want? Economics, justice, and the market for intimate relationships / June Carbone
18. Can families be efficient? A feminist appraisal / Ann Laquer Estin
19. Some concerns about applying economics to family law / Margaret F. Brinig
20. The business of intimacy: bridging the private-private distinction / Martha M. Ertman