Still counting : wellbeing, women's work and policy-making / Marilyn Waring.
"Thirty years ago Marilyn Waring's groundbreaking book Counting for Nothing was released. Waring explained, through meticulous economic analysis, how the success of the global economy rests on women's unpaid work. Counting for Nothing became a phenomenon: it was read and discussed aro...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Wellington, New Zealand :
Bridget Williams Books,
2018.
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| Series: | BWB texts.
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| Online Access: | The BWB Texts Collection The Women's Studies Collection |
| Summary: | "Thirty years ago Marilyn Waring's groundbreaking book Counting for Nothing was released. Waring explained, through meticulous economic analysis, how the success of the global economy rests on women's unpaid work. Counting for Nothing became a phenomenon: it was read and discussed around the world, and even made into a film. Today, many people hope that the shift to a wellbeing approach - moving beyond narrow economic indicators when assessing New Zealand's progress - will mean women's work is finally valued fairly. But what does Marilyn Waring make of it? This short book provides an essential assessment of wellbeing economics from a leading feminist scholar"--Publisher information. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (144 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1988545501 9781988545509 1988545536 9781988545530 |