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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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1779182026-06-22T05:36:47Z Capitalism's Handmaidens Langworthy, Melissa 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 thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJH Entrepreneurship / Start-ups thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups::JBSF1 Gender studies: women and girls thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCS Economic systems and structures::KCSA Capitalism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups::JBSF1 Gender studies: women and girls::JBSF11 Feminism and feminist theory thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJW Office and workplace::KJWX Working patterns and practices thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies 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. 2026-06-22T05:36:44Z 2026-06-22T05:36:44Z 2026-06-21T10:24:34Z 2026 book book ONIX_20260621T103020_9781788215961_2 https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-capitalism-s-handmaidens.html https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/114282 9781788215961 9781788215954 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/177918 eng Women's Work KU Select 2026 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/114282/1/9781788215961.pdf Edinburgh University Press Agenda Publishing 208d7ab7-a2e4-4c7f-83b1-53dfb4ba4a35 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 31e0fce7-922c-48ff-82ee-172b3ba34848 969f21b5-ac00-4517-9de2-44973eec6874 9781788215961 9781788215954 KU Select 2026 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Agenda Publishing 192 [...] [...] Knowledge Unlatched Knowledge Unlatched open access |
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