The Doctrine of the Separate Spheres in Political Economy and Economics

Gender Equality and Classical Liberalism
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-51264-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 295 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 401 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism

This book delves into the doctrine of separate spheres within the history of economic thought. The concept of separate spheres emerged in philosophy and has consistently been incorporated by various disciplines. This book stands as the first comprehensive exploration of how this doctrine was embraced, adapted, and contested by economists engaged in gender issues and marriage theory. Spanning the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century, it illuminates the evolution of the drive for gender equality—rooted primarily in the tradition of classical liberalism—across the landscape of economic ideas and theories. This book is a valuable resource for scholars and researchers interested in the intricate history of the interconnections among between economic thought, feminism, gender studies, and cultural studies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Becchio, Giandomenica

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Liberalismus, Libertarismus
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: Escaping the doctrine of the separate spheres (1700s-early 1900s). The economists’ points of view.- Chapter 1: Educated women as an asset to society: the role of classical liberal tradition in modern Europe.- Chapter 2: Women and the job market in Victorian England and Progressive America.- Chapter 3: Women’s new path towards the public sphere.- Part II: The doctrine of the separate spheres between rebirth and rejection (1920s- early 2000s). Marriage theory in economics.- Chapter 4: Reviving the doctrine of separate spheres: the new home economics.- Chapter 5: Feminist economics and the doctrine of the separate spheres.

Über Autor(innen)

Giandomenica Becchio is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Social Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics (ESOMAS), University of Torino, Italy. Her research encompasses the history of economic thought, with a specific emphasis on gender issues, as well as the methodology of economics and the classical liberal tradition within political economy.