PLEASE NOTE this is a 2013 reading list—the precise content may change in future years.
Term 1, Week 1
Topic: introduction
Questions for discussion:
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Why focus on the households in the study of global political economy?
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What is a household and should they be understood as 'natural' units for organizing social
life?
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What does a focus on gender bring to studies of the household?
Core Reading
Juanita Elias & Samanthi J. Gunawardana (2013) 'The Global Political Economy of the Household in
Asia: An Introduction' in Elias and Gunawardana eds. The Global Political Economy of the Household
in Asia (Palgrave)
Olivia Harris (1981) 'Households as Natural Units' in K. Young, C. Wolkowitz and R. McCullagh eds. Of
Marriage and the Market: Women's Subordination in International Perspective (CSE Books): pp. 4867