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The Study of Choice or the Study of Provisioning? Gender and the Definition of Economics
Author(s)Nelson, Julie A.
AbstractThis essay proposes that the narrowing of the definition of economics reflects particular gender-related biases and that, while significant advances have been made through the mathematical study of exchange, feminist insights can help to reorient the discipline toward a broader and richer economics.
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Pages23-36
ArticleAccess to Article
SourceBeyond Economic Man: Feminist Theory and Economics
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PubDate1993
ISBN_ISSN0226242013
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