Feminist economists have demonstrated that interrogating hierarchies based ongender ethnicity class and nation results in an economics that is biased andmore fa... » 

Feminist economists have demonstrated that interrogating hierarchies based ongender ethnicity class and nation results in an economics that is biased andmore faithful to empirical evidence than are mainstream accounts. This rigorousand comprehensive book examines many of the central philosophical questions andthemes in feminist economics including A History of economics A Feministscience studies A Identity and agency A Caring labor A Postcolonialism andpostmodernism With contributions from such leading figures as Nancy FolbreJulie Nelson and Sandra Harding Toward a Feminist Theory of Economics looksset to become the book on feminist economics for some time to come and will begreatly appreciated by all those interested in gender studies economicmethodology and social theory. «