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Власть как предмет исследования гендерной экономики
Power as the subject of gender economics research

Author(s): E. V. Bazueva
Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Ивановский государственный университет
Keywords: power; gender power; costs of submission; abandonment cost; institutional environment; externalities of power

Summary/Abstract: The necessity of researching power relations in the sphere of gender economics has been justified in the article. The possibility of gender research of power relations in economic system with the usage of the achievements of institutional economics as well as its part known as economics of power has been pointed out in the article. The behavioural model of the theory of power developed by V. Dementyev was used as a tool in order to achieve the stated goal. Taking into the account the methodological basis, the main reasons for growth of gender economics out of interaction between men and women have been determined. The characteristic of types of gender power has been also studied in the article. The mechanism of its reproduction has been shown with the help of the relevant gender economics institutions. The diseconomies of the gender economics institution now functioning in Russia have been determined concerning the micro — and macro levels of economy which considerably lower the efficiency of its operating.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 3-14
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian