Women and work : feminism, labour, and social reproduction / Susan Ferguson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferguson, Susan J., author.

Series:

Mapping social reproduction theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Employment.

Women.

Women--Social conditions.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

ix, 175 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press 2020.

Summary:

Feminism is once again on the political agenda. Across the world women are taking to the streets to protest unfair working conditions, abortion laws, and sexual violence. They are demanding decent wages, better schools and free childcare. But why do some feminists choose to fight for more women CEOs, while others fight for a world without CEOs?0To understand these divergent approaches, Susan Ferguson looks at the ideas that have inspired women to protest, exploring the ways in which feminists have placed work at the centre of their struggle for emancipation. Two distinct trajectories emerge: 'equality feminism' and 'social reproduction feminism'. Ferguson argues that socialists have too often embraced the 'liberal' tendencies of equality feminism, while neglecting the insights of social reproduction feminism.0Engaging with feminist anti-work critiques, Ferguson proposes that women's emancipation depends upon a radical reimagining of all labour and advocates for a renewed social reproduction framework as a powerful basis for an inclusive feminist politics.

Contents:

1 The Labour Lens p. 9

Part I Three Trajectories

2 The Rational-Humanist Roots of Equality Feminism p. 23

3 Socialist Feminism: Two Approaches to Understanding Women's Work p. 40

4 Equal Work For and Against Capital p. 58

5 Anti-Racist Feminism and Women's Work p. 71

Part II Social Reproduction Feminism

6 A Political Economy of "Women's Work": Producing Patriarchal Capitalism p. 85

7 Renewing Social Reproduction Feminism p. 106

8 The Social Reproduction Strike: Life-Making Beyond Capitalism p. 120.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780745338729

0745338720

9780745338712

0745338712

OCLC:

1109893332