Still counting
Subtitle: wellbeing, women's work and policy-making
By: Marilyn Waring
Series: BWB texts; BWB texts
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Wellington, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781988545530; 9781988545509; 9781988545516; 9781988545523
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Women; Economic conditions; Social conditions; Government policy; Sex discrimination against women; Women - New Zealand - Economic conditions; Women - New Zealand - Social conditions; Sex discrimination against women - New Zealand; Women - Government policy - New Zealand
Description: "Thirty years ago Marilyn Waring's groundbreaking book Counting for Nothing was released. Waring explained, through meticulous economic analysis, how the success of the global economy rests on women's unpaid work. Counting for Nothing became a phenomenon: it was read and discussed around the world, and even made into a film. Today, many people hope that the shift to a wellbeing approach - moving beyond narrow economic indicators when assessing New Zealand's progress - will mean women's work is finally valued fairly. But what does Marilyn Waring make of it? This short book provides an essential assessment of wellbeing economics from a leading feminist scholar"--Publisher information.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.