ABSTRACT
The past decade has seen a proliferation of writing by feminist economists. Feminist economists are not identified with one particular economic paradigm, yet
some common methodological points seem to be emerging.
I propose makingthese starting points more explicit so that they can be examined, critiqued, and
built upon. I use the term ‘‘social provisioning’’ to describe this emerging methodology. Its five main components are: incorporation of caring and unpaid labor
as fundamental economic activities; use of well-being as a measure of economic
success; analysis of economic, political, and social processes and power relations;
inclusion of ethical goals and values as an intrinsic part of the analysis; and interrogation of differences by class, race-ethnicity, and other factors. The paper then
provides brief illustrations of the use of this methodology in analyses of US welfare reform, gender and development, and feminist ecological economics.
https://genderlibrary.org/a/images/papers/SocialProvisioning.pdf