Capitalism, For and Against : A Feminist Debate / Ann E. Cudd and Nancy Holmstrom.
| Author/creator | Cudd, Ann E., 1959- |
| Other author | Holmstrom, Nancy (Nancy Christina Louise) |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011, ©2011. |
| Description | ix, 350 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Cover image |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | For Capitalism as a Feminist Ideal and Reality. The empirical case for capitalism as an actually existing system -- The theoretical explanation of capitalisms success -- Feminist critiques of capitalism -- Fetishism -- Enlightened capitalism: a feminist capitalist manifesto -- Against Capitalism as Theory and as Reality. apitalism in theory: ideals and limits -- Capitalism in reality -- Human interests are womens interests -- What is the alternative? and what should feminists do now? -- Ann Cudds Reply to Nancy Holmstrom -- The world's poor: who they are, where they live, what they do -- A false or confused picture of capitalism -- Capitalism: partial failures, partial successes, and progress -- Misunderstanding the economics of capitalism -- The critique of liberal feminism -- The alternative to capitalism -- Nancy Holmstrom's reply to Ann Cudd -- Ideal versus nonideal theorizing -- Capitalism and patriarchy: definitions and intersections -- Sex, race, class, and justice -- Are class differences just? Class and freedom -- Health, well-being, and capitalism: the Smithian model -- Capitalist markets, information, and rationality: the Smithian model again -- Tradition/religion, fetishes, and desires -- Another world is possible: opening our imaginations -- Alternative models: markets versus planning, bureaucratic versus democratic. |
| Abstract | Political philosophy and feminist theory have rarely examined in detail how capitalism affects the lives of women. The authors take up opposing sides of the issue, debating whether capitalism is valuable as an ideal and whether as an actually existing economic system it is good for women. In a discussion covering a broad range of social and economic issues, including unequal pay, industrial reforms and sweatshops, they examine how these and other issues relate to women and how effectively to analyze what constitutes "capitalism" and "women's interests". Each author also responds to the opposing arguments, providing a thorough debate of the topics covered. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-344) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010045709 |
| ISBN | 9780521114073 |
| ISBN | 0521114071 |
| ISBN | 9780521132114 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0521132118 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HB501 .C875 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |