Essays about: "feminist economics"

Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 essays containing the words feminist economics.

  1. 11. Wor(l)ds and silences - Tracing feminism in the Swedish foreign aid

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Emma Ström; [2014-09-19]
    Keywords : development; port-colonialism; feminism; gender equality; neoliberalism; policy analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis sets out to discursively investigate how gender equality is represented and made in the new platform for the Swedish foreign aid that was adopted by the government in March 2014. It does so by tracing what feminist features are made visible as well as invisible in the approaches, targets and objectives of gender equality. READ MORE

  3. 12. Women’s Informal Entrepreneurship - A Force in Development : The Case of Babati, Tanzania

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

    Author : Matilda Dahlquist; [2014]
    Keywords : Trickle Up; Empowerment; Feminist Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis aims at investigating women’s force in development through engagement in informal, small-scale entrepreneurship. During fieldwork in Babati, Tanzania, network analyses and semi-structured interviews have been conducted, capturing responsibilities, challenges and opportunities of informal women entrepreneurs. READ MORE

  4. 13. Commercialisation of the female body : As wombs become ‘stock-in- trade’

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Ida Wallerö; [2014]
    Keywords : India; feminist economics; problem representation; social policy; assisting reproductive technologies; surrogate motherhood; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study has focused on the approach of the Indian government with additional voices from women’s rights activist and researchers. The study has investigated how the surrogacy industry is approached and dealt with within the political economy sphere. READ MORE

  5. 14. Living Stories of Care: Exploring Discursive Clashes Through Storytelling by Nurses

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Victor Åkerblom; Viktor Törner; [2013]
    Keywords : New Public Management; Ethics of Care; Health Care Organizations; Storytelling; Discourse; Nurses; Critical Management Studies; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose: Nurses constitute a key group to focus on due to their close proximity to the core of health care, the patient. We aim to understand the care discourse in the practice of nursing within public health care organizations, and its coexistence with the current marketization discourse promoted by the New Public Management paradigm. READ MORE