Year 2011 – Volume 3 – Issue 2

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Funda Şenol-Cantek Dates: 1 January 2009 feminisim, feminist studies, 21st century Funda Şenol-Cantek Dergipark Full Text

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Mustafa ŞAHİN TBMM Dates: 1 June 2011 Gender Sensitive Budgeting: A Review Gender sensitive budgeting GSB literature has been improved in two areas which are in interaction and relation with each other. One of them is the analysis of the state budget or the local government budget from a gender perspective. This literature, in the light of feminist political economics criticizes gender blind mainstream or heterodox economy approaches on budgeting. In this context, different concepts and methods have been developed for examining the impacts [...]

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Rania ANTONOPOULOS * Senior Scholar and Gender Equality and the Economy Program Director, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Kijong KİM   ** Research Scholar, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Dates: 1 June 2011 Recent social protection initiatives in developing countries offer a valuable policy space to address gender equality agenda. Various instruments to secure the income and livelihood of vulnerable families can promote women’s empowerment. Active participation as a producer, rather than passive receipt of public transfers as a consumer, in the initiatives [...]

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Elissa BRAUNSTEİN Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Colorado State University Dates: 1 June 2011 One of the most compelling policy arguments proffered by development professionals these days is that gender inequality is bad for economic growth – the efficiency argument for gender equality. The economic logic for this argument is straightforward: excluding women from education, employment and other economic opportunities limits the pool of potential workers and innovators and robs economies of a key productive asset. Discrimination against women and gender inequality also tend [...]

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Özge ÖZAY Çağ Üniversitesi, Faculty of Ecomics and Administrative Sciences Dates: 1 June 2011 The aim of this paper is to survey theoretically the effects of trade policy changes on gender and skill- differentiated labor market. Following this aim, the paper first discusses the implications of neoclassical trade theory. Then, focusing on the feminist trade theory, the paper tries to account for the stylized facts of world economic order in the last thirty years in gendered labor market from a developing country perspective. By [...]

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Gülay TOKSÖZ   Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences Dates: 1 June 2011 Within the last quarter of the twentieth century, there was an increase in demand for female labour in developing countries along with transition to export-oriented industrialization and growth strategies. Though Turkey’s transition to export-oriented industrialisation model took place in the 80s, industrial employment in general and particularly women’s share in this employment increased very little. As a result of decline in agricultural production and employment, an additional labour force, both male and [...]

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Hande TOĞRUL Adult Program Director, The Inclusion Center for Community and Justice, Salt Lake City, Utah USA Emel MEMİŞ   Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi, Ankara, Turkiye Dates: 1 June 2011 Feminist economists have sought to revolutionize economics discipline particularly by incorporating multidisciplinary methods, methodologies and philosophies into the field. As this article shortly summarizes, so much has been done. Feminist economists have dreamed big and created powerful foundation for desirable economics. There are clear achievements, yet the job is not done, dream is continuing. [...]