Economics: Discipline Analysis. Women in the Curriculum Series.

Autor/in	Nelson, Julie A.
Institution	Towson Univ., Baltimore, MD. National Center for Curriculum Transformation Resources on Women.
Titel	Economics: Discipline Analysis. Women in the Curriculum Series.
Quelle	(1997), (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	1-885303-28-9
Schlagwörter	Bibliografie; Annotated Bibliographies; Capitalism; College Curriculum; College Instruction; Economic Factors; Economic Research; Economics; Females; Feminism; Feminist Criticism; Gender Issues; Higher Education; Models; Research Methodology; Sex Bias; Sex Fairness; Teaching Methods; Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bibliography; Bibliographies; Bibliografie; Kapitalismus; Hochschullehre; Ökonomischer Faktor; Wirtschaftsforschung; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Weibliches Geschlecht; Feminismus; Geschlechterfrage; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Analogiemodell; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Sexualaufklärung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Theory; Theorie
Abstract	This essay examines the ways in which economics, as a discipline, has been influenced by feminist scholarship in the field. It explains that feminist work in transforming economics began to gain ground only in the early 1990s, and that the impact of feminist or multicultural insights on the core research assumptions of the discipline has been minor. The essay notes that economics differs from most other social sciences in that it is built around a single, highly influential core paradigm. The mainstream of economics is built around the neoclassical model of human behavior which assumes that all activity is a result of rational, self-interested choices by autonomous individuals. Feminists have challenged all of the underpinnings of this model, along with traditional teaching and research methods. A less gender-biased discipline would use characteristics associated with both sides of the old dualistic thinking about gender (such as reason versus emotion and self-interested versus other-interested) to analyze the behavior of both men and women. The document includes an annotated bibliography and a list of related electronic resources. (MDM)
Anmerkungen	Towson University, 8000 York Road, Baltimore, MD 21252; Tel: 800-847-9922 (Toll Free); Fax: 410-830-3482; Web site: http://www.towson.edu/ncctrw ($7).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01