Feminism

Abstract

Abstract Despite feminist International Political Economy (IPE)’s importance and vibrancy, feminist IPE scholars still point to the continuing lack of dialogue or at best a one-sided engagement between feminist and non-feminist IPE. This remains, despite the long-standing potential for interchange, particularly between feminist IPE and constructivist analyses. This chapter attempts several tasks. First, it explores (yet again) the relationship between feminist and non-feminist IPE to assess whether levels of engagement, particularly of non-feminist IPE with feminist IPE, have increased. It then tries to explain some of the patterns that we still see today. Second, the chapter outlines some key insights that have been generated by feminist IPE since its inception. The chapter argues that feminist IPE now forms a sophisticated body of work, distinguished by its inter-disciplinarity, methodological and theoretical diversity, and empirical reach, as well as its continuing refusal to be disciplined by boundaries that were noted more than two decades ago. The chapter shows that feminist IPE’s important theoretical and empirical insights can and should inform key debates in IPE, for example around social reproduction. It concludes by highlighting some exciting new theoretical developments that an intersectional feminist IPE is contributing to, as well as recent points of coalescence and convergence that offer enhanced potential for interchange between feminist and non-feminist IPE.