Capitalism's Handmaidens

When we think of a “woman entrepreneur”, what comes to mind? Women entrepreneurs hold a dominant presence in political, social, economic and development imaginaries, as a global class of workers typifying the contemporary, neoliberal era. Their enterprise is readily proffered as the evidence of a na...

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description When we think of a “woman entrepreneur”, what comes to mind? Women entrepreneurs hold a dominant presence in political, social, economic and development imaginaries, as a global class of workers typifying the contemporary, neoliberal era. Their enterprise is readily proffered as the evidence of a nation’s progress, inclusion and development. International institutions, development banks, states, civil society groups, corporations and international financial institutions promote women’s enterprise in nearly every corner of the globe. A powerful mythology has grown up around the idea of women as empowered, financial saviour-mothers who benefit the prosperity, inclusivity, and security of a nation and the global economy. In this book, Melissa Langworthy exposes these myths for what they are and in offering a political economy of women’s enterprise, she asks what value women’s enterprise gives, not to women, but to the institutions that have shaped them and placed them in the centre of the global imaginary.
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Economic citizenship
Empowerment
Equality
Feminism
Feminist economics
Feminist political economy
Feminist politics
Microcredit
Neoliberalism
Precarious work
Seed investment
Start-ups
The household
Women's enterpises
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Women's rights
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Capitalism's Handmaidens
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topic Capitalism
Economic citizenship
Empowerment
Equality
Feminism
Feminist economics
Feminist political economy
Feminist politics
Microcredit
Neoliberalism
Precarious work
Seed investment
Start-ups
The household
Women's enterpises
Women's equality
Women's rights
Women's studies
Women's work
World Bank
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Economic citizenship
Empowerment
Equality
Feminism
Feminist economics
Feminist political economy
Feminist politics
Microcredit
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Precarious work
Seed investment
Start-ups
The household
Women's enterpises
Women's equality
Women's rights
Women's studies
Women's work
World Bank
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