Power, production, and social reproduction : human in/security in the global political economy

Written by leading authorities from Europe, the Americas and Asia, this path-breaking work develops an innovative and original theorization of global political economy. Whilst most approaches theorize global political economy from the perspectives of power and production or states and markets, this work argues that what feminists call social reproduction is a more basic framework, upon which most forms of power and production, and states and markets, must necessarily rest. By combining Feminist and Radical Political Economy with Critical International Studies, the volume explores how global transformations of states, growth in the power of capital, and extension of market values and market forces in everyday life, all affect the security of the majority of the population, and the reproduction of communities and societies. The book shows how public and private forms of power regulate three main aspects of social reproduction: biological reproduction; reproduction of labour power; and social practices connected to caring and provisioning of human needs. Written by leading authorities from Europe, the Americas and Asia, this path-breaking work develops an innovative and original theorisation of global political economy. Whilst most approaches theorise global political economy from the perspectives of power and production or states and markets, this work argues that what feminists call social reproduction is a more basic framework, upon which most forms of power and production, and states and markets, must necessarily rest. By combining Feminist and Radical Political Economy with Critical International Studies, the volume explores how global transformations of states, growth in the power of capital, and extension of market values and market forces in everyday life, all affect the security of the majority of the population, and the reproduction of commun ities and societies. The book shows how public and private forms of power regulate three main aspects of social reproduction: biological reproduction; reproduction of labour power; and social practices connected to caring and provisioning of human needs This Volume Shows How Public And Private Forms Of Power Regulate Three Main Aspects Of Social Reproduction: Biological Reproduction; Reproduction Of Labour Power; And Social Practices Connected To Caring And Provisioning Of Human Needs. Preface: Hybridizing A New Intellectual Space -- 1. Global Political Economy And Social Reproduction / Isabella Bakker And Stephen Gill -- 2. Ontology, Method, And Hypotheses / Isabella Bakker And Stephen Gill -- Governance And World Order: Introduction To Part Ii / Tim Di Muzio And Alejandra Roncallo -- 3. Globalization, In/security, And The Paradoxes Of The Social / Janine Brodie. Edited By Isabella Bakker And Stephen Gill. Studies Inspired By A Series Of Meetings, Beginning With The Conference Feminist Perspectives On The Paradoxes Of Globalization, Sponsored By The Heinrich Böll Stiftung In Berlin On November 3-5, 1999, And Followed Up Finally By Gender, Economy And Human Security, A Conference Held In Toronto At York University In October 2001. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 224-237) And Index.

Written by leading authorities from Europe, the Americas and Asia, this path-breaking work develops an innovative and original theorization of global political economy. While most approaches theorize global political economy from the perspectives of power and production or states and markets, this work argues that what feminists call social reproduction is a more basic framework, upon which most forms of power and production, and states and markets, must necessarily rest.

Chapter 1 serves as the general introduction to this book, and it should be read in conjunction with Chapter 2, which outlines ontological and methodological issues, and sketches our main hypotheses.