• ISBN13: 9788189884512
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Economics
• Publisher: Zubaan
• Publisher Imprint: Zubaan
• Publication Date: July 15, 2008
• Pages: 308
• Original Price: INR 595.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1000 grams

It is now widely recognized that gender analysis has both challenged and enriched many of the standard assumptions and concepts that inform economic analysis of different kinds, whether to do with paid or unpaid work, peasant studies, care labour and many other areas. Despite this, changes in economic policies have been few and far between, and most do not translate into women-friendly economic policies. Nor have the important contributions of women's studies research to the field of economics - standardly seen as a male discipline - been given its due importance or recognition. This collection of essays by some of the best known academics and practitioners in the fields of economics, women's studies, development and sociology, examines a wide range of areas in which women's studies has a crucial contribution. Accessibly written and rigorously researched, this book will be useful for academic and general readers, and for those in the related fields of economics, development and gender studies.

Ritu Dewan is an economist and teaches at the Centre for Women's Studies (Gender Economics) at the University of Mumbai. Seeta Prabhu works with the United Nations development Programme in Delhi.