Scandalous Blaming of the Poor: UK austerity politics
As outlined in this series of blogs, Scandalous Economics is a collection of essays that explores “how scandals – and scandalous uses of and/or neglect of gender – have helped narrate the Global...
View ArticleScandalous obfuscations of crisis in Europe
Europe’s post-2008 landscape has obscured from view both the gendered, authoritarian nature of crisis responses and the genesis of political crises in the greater burdens placed on households. My...
View ArticleYulia Maleta, Advocating an Ecofeminist Sociopolitical Economic Model
Yulia Maleta (University of Sydney), 'Advocating an Ecofeminist Sociopolitical Economic Model' This is the fourth seminar in the Semester 1 series of 2016 organised by the Department of Political...
View ArticleWhy we need to look beyond Justin Trudeau’s ‘Scandalous’ feminism
Being both a Canadian and a feminist, I cannot help feeling just a little bit proud every time Justin Trudeau, Canada’s newly elected Prime Minister, proclaims that he is a feminist. When asked about...
View ArticleThe Scandalous Economics of Crisis in Asia
From shock absorbers to resilient economic subjects Widespread feminist research following the 1997 financial crisis in Asia pointed to the gendered origins and impacts of the crisis on women. These...
View ArticleThe Best Mother’s Day Gift? Paid Parental Leave
Please, no scented candles or toasters for Elizabeth Hill this Mother’s Day. What she really wants — what all Australian mothers want — is better paid parental leave, affordable childcare and a ramp at...
View ArticleWorkplace polices must change to reflect 21st century realities
It’s 2016 and we are moving backwards on work, care and family policies. Governments focused on balanced budgets rather than balanced lives have stymied support for workers with caring responsibilities...
View ArticlePost-Conflict Economic Reform is a Women, Peace and Security Issue
I was very fortunate to be invited to join Women’s Economic League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) in Sarajevo in June 2016 for a workshop to discuss a political economy perspective on WILPF’s proposed...
View Article‘Gendering the Crisis’: Scandalous Economics reviewed
Two spectres haunt this thoughtful and thought-provoking collection. The first, prominent throughout, is the spectre of transnational business feminism: the book directly addresses the dismal prospect...
View ArticleScandalous Economics of Gender in Conflict and Post-Conflict
11th Pan-European Conference on International Relations (Barcelona, Spain, 13-16 September 2017) Jacqui True and Aida Hozic are soliciting proposals for the EISA section on Scandalous Economics of...
View ArticleGendered Depletion in Export-Processing Zones
I am honored to receive the 2017 Australian International Political Economy Network Richard Higgott Journal article prize. I would like to thank all who voted in the long listing process and the...
View ArticleHidden Women: A Feminist Critique of Poverty Measurement
‘Poverty’ is one of those issues that receives extended and diverse attention globally. After all, the reduction and eradication of extreme poverty have been at the top of the global ‘development...
View ArticleFamily Matters
Melinda Cooper’s Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and New Social Conservatism (Zone Books, 2017) tracks the politics of kinship in the era of neoliberalism, placing the centrality of “family...
View ArticleIs there common ground between identity politics and class struggle?
This is my talk on “Is there common ground between identity politics and class struggle?” given at the 2018 Historical Materialism Sydney conference. This talk is underpinned by a commitment to the...
View ArticleThe Best Mother’s Day Gift? Paid Parental Leave
Please, no scented candles or toasters for Elizabeth Hill this Mother’s Day. What she really wants — what all Australian mothers want — is better paid parental leave, affordable childcare and a ramp at...
View ArticleWorkplace polices must change to reflect 21st century realities
It’s 2016 and we are moving backwards on work, care and family policies. Governments focused on balanced budgets rather than balanced lives have stymied support for workers with caring responsibilities...
View ArticlePost-Conflict Economic Reform is a Women, Peace and Security Issue
I was very fortunate to be invited to join Women’s Economic League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) in Sarajevo in June 2016 for a workshop to discuss a political economy perspective on WILPF’s proposed...
View Article‘Gendering the Crisis’: Scandalous Economics reviewed
Two spectres haunt this thoughtful and thought-provoking collection. The first, prominent throughout, is the spectre of transnational business feminism: the book directly addresses the dismal prospect...
View ArticleScandalous Economics of Gender in Conflict and Post-Conflict
11th Pan-European Conference on International Relations (Barcelona, Spain, 13-16 September 2017) Jacqui True and Aida Hozic are soliciting proposals for the EISA section on Scandalous Economics of...
View ArticleGendered Depletion in Export-Processing Zones
I am honored to receive the 2017 Australian International Political Economy Network Richard Higgott Journal article prize. I would like to thank all who voted in the long listing process and the...
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