CANS 406 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Social Reproduction, Marilyn Waring
22 May 2018
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Violence and IPE
-Political economy approach reveals coercion not only in direct physical violence, but in
“material basis of relationships” that shape how resources, authority, privileges and benefits are
disturbed (True)
-Central claim: gendered inequalities that fuel violence against women are rooted in the
structures and processes of the political economy
-This approach reveals the workings of power in the material bases of relationships that govern
distribution of resources, benefits, privileges, etc.
-Violence against women is motivated by material concerns, desire to maintain systems and
practices that serve patriarchal interests
-True: calculating costs of VAW is difficult to measure
-Direct/indirect opportunity costs
-Costs inflicted on women themselves
-Costs imposed on children, future generations, communities, governments (costs of
social welfare, unemployment, health care system, criminal justice systems)
Political Economies of War: Gendered Experiences
-We need to think of war not just as a singular event, but in a much broader frame
-Structural and social relations that led into war, how they changed in war, and how they
continue to evolve, etc. (Raven-Roberts)
-Reframing ideas in terms of temporality
-Raven-Roberts: to understand gendered socio-economic impacts of war, we need to see war in a
wide temporal frame
-War disrupts ‘normal’ divisions of labor and social production patterns, leading women to take
on jobs (formal or informal) that they may not have previously done
-Illicit economies that can put them at risk, but can also serve as an opportunity for them,
not necessarily disempowering
-Women may be pushed to take on new productive roles, motivated by:
-Loss of traditional livelihood
-Safety concerns facing men
-New incentives created by international actors
-Loss of male household members (death, war, migration)
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Document Summary
Political economy approach reveals coercion not only in direct physical violence, but in. Material basis of relationships that shape how resources, authority, privileges and benefits are disturbed (true) Central claim: gendered inequalities that fuel violence against women are rooted in the structures and processes of the political economy. This approach reveals the workings of power in the material bases of relationships that govern distribution of resources, benefits, privileges, etc. Violence against women is motivated by material concerns, desire to maintain systems and practices that serve patriarchal interests. True: calculating costs of vaw is difficult to measure. Costs imposed on children, future generations, communities, governments (costs of social welfare, unemployment, health care system, criminal justice systems) We need to think of war not just as a singular event, but in a much broader frame. Structural and social relations that led into war, how they changed in war, and how they continue to evolve, etc. (raven-roberts)
