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wellbeing, women's work and policy-making
Marilyn Waring
144 pages
Contents include: Convenience and practicality -- The false god -- Other wellbeing realities -- Rigour in research and philosophy -- Aotearoa, not Europe -- The largest sector of the nation's economy -- The counter factual
Summary: 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 assessment of wellbeing economics from a leading feminist scholar. (Publisher)
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