FEMINISM REDEFINING ECONOMICS OR FEMINISM AS A GOOD ACCOMPANY

Yıl 2013, Sayı: 12, 215 - 226, 09.07.2015

Özge İzdeş

Öz

Feminism defined as an attempt to eliminate the inequality between women and men by engendering the analysis of the social construct has been and is being challenging for the contemporary economics. Feminist approach argues that without critical analysis, economics rationalizes and naturalizes existing social hierarchies based on gender, race, class and nation. Therefore feminist economics is a revolutionary attempt with a transformative theoretical approach and transformative methodologies for a fuller understanding of real life economics for real people.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Feminism, Economics, Feminist Economics, Feminist Methodology, Feminist Critique, Engendering Economics

FEMINISM REDEFINING ECONOMICS OR FEMINISM AS A GOOD ACCOMPANY

Öz

Kadın ve erkek eşitliğini hedefleyen feminizm, sosyal inşanın cinsiyetli yapısını ele alırken, iktisat alanını da sarsmaya başlamıştır. Feminist yaklaşım, eleştirel analizden uzak haliyle iktisadın toplumsal cinsiyet, ırk, sınıf ve ulus temelinde oluşan sosyal hiyerarşileri doğallaştırdığını ve akılçılaştırdığını iddia eder. Dolayısıyla feminist iktisat, gerçek yaşamıdaha iyi kavramayı ve insanları gerçek yaşamdaki haliyle açıklayabilmeyi hedefleyen, bunun için iktisat alanını dönüştürücü teorik ve metodolojik bir yaklaşım geliştiren devrimci bir girişimdir. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

Feminizm, Feminist Ekonomi, Feminist Metodoloji, Kurumsal Iktisat, Feminist Eleştiri

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