The Rise and Decline of Patriarchal Systems

A major new work of feminism on the history and persistence of patriarchal hierarchies from the MacArthur Award-winning economist

In this groundbreaking new work, Nancy Folbre builds on a critique and reformulation of Marxian political economy, drawing on a larger body of scientific research, including neoclassical economics, sociology, psychology, and evolutionary biology, to answer the defining question of feminist political economy: why is gender inequality so pervasive? In part, because ...