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240556 SE MM3 Global Feminist Political Economy and Social Reproduction (2026S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Participation at first session is obligatory!The lecturer can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate). The plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 02.02.2026 17:00 to Mo 23.02.2026 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Mo 11.05.2026 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Monday 11.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Tuesday 12.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 13.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
- Friday 15.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
- Monday 18.05. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Tuesday 19.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 20.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
All aids that comply with the standards of good scientific practice are permitted, unless the teacher specifies otherwise.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Participation and group-work in class 20% In class, ongoingGroup-work presentations 30% Structuring of blogs, week 61500 words Blog 50% At the end of the module deadline TBCGrading skale:
70 and up (excellent)
69-60 (good)
59-50 (pass)
less than 50 (fail)
70 and up (excellent)
69-60 (good)
59-50 (pass)
less than 50 (fail)
Examination topics
Reading list
General Readings (NOT compulsory, all beautiful: pick your choices based on interest)
Arruzza C. (2013) Dangerous Liaisons: The Marriages and Divorces of Marxism and Feminism.
London: Merlin Press.
Arruzza C., Fraser N., and Bhattacharya T. (2018). Feminism of the 99%: A Manifesto. London:
Verso.
Barca S. (2021) Forces of Reproduction. CUP.
Bahadur G (2015) Coolie Woman: the Odyssey of Indenture. London: Hurst.
Bakker I and Silvey R. (2008). Beyond States and Markets: The Challenges of Social
Reproduction (RIPE Series in Global Political Economy). Abingdon: Routledge.
Banerjee H. (1995) Thinking Through: Essays on Feminism, Marxism and Anti-racism. Toronto:
Women’s Press.
Beneria L. Berik, G. and Floro M. S. (2016), Gender, Development and Globalization:
Economics As If All People Mattered, London: Routledge, 2nd edn. Chapters on household
and labour. Available from SOAS Library.
Bhandar, B. (2018) Colonial Lives of Property: Law, Land and Racial Regimes of
Ownership. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Bhandar, B. and Ziadah R. (2020) Revolutionary Feminisms: Conversations on Collective
Action and Radical Thought. London: Verso.
Bhattacharya T. (2017) Social Reproduction Theory: Remapping Class, Recentering
Oppression. London: Pluto.
Bhattachharyya G. (2018) Rethinking Racial Capitalism. Rowman and Littlefield.
Cantillon, S, Mackett O. and Stevano S. (2023) Feminist Political Economy a Global
perspective. Agenda Publishing. Available in the SOAS library.
Cavallero L. and Gago V. with Mason-Deese L. (2021) A Feminist Reading of Debt. London:
Pluto.
Cooper M. (2017) Family Values Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism.
MIT Press.
Dalla Costa M. and James S. (1972) The Power of Women and the Subversion of the
Community.
Davis A.Y, Dent, G., Meiners, E. and Richie B. (2022) Abolition. Feminism. Now.
London: Pluto.
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Davis, A. Y. (1983). Women, Race and Class. New York: Random House.
Delaney A., Burchielli R., Marshall S. Tate J (2018). Homeworking Women: A Gender Justice
Perspective. New York: Routledge.
Dowling E. (2021). The Care Crisis. Verso.
Dunaway W. (2013) Gendered Commodity Chains: Seeing Women's Work and Households in
Global Production. Stanford: Stanford University Press
Ehrenreich B., and Hochschild A. (2002) Global Woman: Nannies, Maids and Sex Workers in
the New Economy. London: Granta.
Federici S. (2004), Caliban and the Witch, New York: Autonomedia.
Federici S. (2012) Revolution at Point Zero.
Federici S. (2021) The Patriarchy of the Wage: Notes on Marx, Gender and Feminism. PM
Press.
Federici S., Draper S., and Mason-Deese L. With Otras Negras … y ¡Feministas! (2021)
Feminicide And Global Accumulation: Frontline Struggles To Resist The Violence Of Patriarchy
And Capitalism. Common Notions.
Folbre, N. (2019). The Rise and Decline of Patriarchal Systems. London: Verso.
Fortunati L. (1982) The Arcane of Reproduction. Housework, Prostitution, Labor and
Capital. Translated by Autonomedia (1995).
Fraser, N. (2013) Fortunes of Feminism: From State-Managed Capitalism to Neoliberal
Crisis, London: Verso. Available from SOAS Library.
Gimenez M. (2018) Marx, Women, and Capitalist Social Reproduction: Marxist Feminist
Essays. Leiden: Brill.
Gleeson J and O'Rourke E. (2021) Transgender Marxism. Pluto Press.
Griffin, P. (2009), Gendering the World Bank: Neoliberalism and the Gendered Foundations of
Global Governance, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hester H and Srnicek N (2019) After Work: The Fight for Free Time. London: Verso.
Hill Collins P. (1990) Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of
Empowerment. New York: Hyman
Hill Collins, P., & Bilge, S. (2016). Intersectionality. Malden: Polity Press
hooks b. (1981) Ain’t I a woman? South End Press.
Hossain C. S. (2016). Politicised Micro-finance. Money, Power and Violence in the Black
Americas. University of Toronto Press.
Imani Perry (2018). Vexy Thing: On Gender and Liberation. Duke University Press.
Kabeer, N., Milward, K. and Sudarsh
Arruzza C. (2013) Dangerous Liaisons: The Marriages and Divorces of Marxism and Feminism.
London: Merlin Press.
Arruzza C., Fraser N., and Bhattacharya T. (2018). Feminism of the 99%: A Manifesto. London:
Verso.
Barca S. (2021) Forces of Reproduction. CUP.
Bahadur G (2015) Coolie Woman: the Odyssey of Indenture. London: Hurst.
Bakker I and Silvey R. (2008). Beyond States and Markets: The Challenges of Social
Reproduction (RIPE Series in Global Political Economy). Abingdon: Routledge.
Banerjee H. (1995) Thinking Through: Essays on Feminism, Marxism and Anti-racism. Toronto:
Women’s Press.
Beneria L. Berik, G. and Floro M. S. (2016), Gender, Development and Globalization:
Economics As If All People Mattered, London: Routledge, 2nd edn. Chapters on household
and labour. Available from SOAS Library.
Bhandar, B. (2018) Colonial Lives of Property: Law, Land and Racial Regimes of
Ownership. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Bhandar, B. and Ziadah R. (2020) Revolutionary Feminisms: Conversations on Collective
Action and Radical Thought. London: Verso.
Bhattacharya T. (2017) Social Reproduction Theory: Remapping Class, Recentering
Oppression. London: Pluto.
Bhattachharyya G. (2018) Rethinking Racial Capitalism. Rowman and Littlefield.
Cantillon, S, Mackett O. and Stevano S. (2023) Feminist Political Economy a Global
perspective. Agenda Publishing. Available in the SOAS library.
Cavallero L. and Gago V. with Mason-Deese L. (2021) A Feminist Reading of Debt. London:
Pluto.
Cooper M. (2017) Family Values Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism.
MIT Press.
Dalla Costa M. and James S. (1972) The Power of Women and the Subversion of the
Community.
Davis A.Y, Dent, G., Meiners, E. and Richie B. (2022) Abolition. Feminism. Now.
London: Pluto.
3
Davis, A. Y. (1983). Women, Race and Class. New York: Random House.
Delaney A., Burchielli R., Marshall S. Tate J (2018). Homeworking Women: A Gender Justice
Perspective. New York: Routledge.
Dowling E. (2021). The Care Crisis. Verso.
Dunaway W. (2013) Gendered Commodity Chains: Seeing Women's Work and Households in
Global Production. Stanford: Stanford University Press
Ehrenreich B., and Hochschild A. (2002) Global Woman: Nannies, Maids and Sex Workers in
the New Economy. London: Granta.
Federici S. (2004), Caliban and the Witch, New York: Autonomedia.
Federici S. (2012) Revolution at Point Zero.
Federici S. (2021) The Patriarchy of the Wage: Notes on Marx, Gender and Feminism. PM
Press.
Federici S., Draper S., and Mason-Deese L. With Otras Negras … y ¡Feministas! (2021)
Feminicide And Global Accumulation: Frontline Struggles To Resist The Violence Of Patriarchy
And Capitalism. Common Notions.
Folbre, N. (2019). The Rise and Decline of Patriarchal Systems. London: Verso.
Fortunati L. (1982) The Arcane of Reproduction. Housework, Prostitution, Labor and
Capital. Translated by Autonomedia (1995).
Fraser, N. (2013) Fortunes of Feminism: From State-Managed Capitalism to Neoliberal
Crisis, London: Verso. Available from SOAS Library.
Gimenez M. (2018) Marx, Women, and Capitalist Social Reproduction: Marxist Feminist
Essays. Leiden: Brill.
Gleeson J and O'Rourke E. (2021) Transgender Marxism. Pluto Press.
Griffin, P. (2009), Gendering the World Bank: Neoliberalism and the Gendered Foundations of
Global Governance, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hester H and Srnicek N (2019) After Work: The Fight for Free Time. London: Verso.
Hill Collins P. (1990) Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of
Empowerment. New York: Hyman
Hill Collins, P., & Bilge, S. (2016). Intersectionality. Malden: Polity Press
hooks b. (1981) Ain’t I a woman? South End Press.
Hossain C. S. (2016). Politicised Micro-finance. Money, Power and Violence in the Black
Americas. University of Toronto Press.
Imani Perry (2018). Vexy Thing: On Gender and Liberation. Duke University Press.
Kabeer, N., Milward, K. and Sudarsh
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Last modified: We 25.02.2026 07:07
Organised in 8 units, this course will explore feminist and gendered approaches to the study of
global political economy. First, the course explores feminist contributions to the study of the
world economy and its intersecting inequalities, including during COVID-19 times, and
illustrates feminist analyses of the global assembly line. Second, it introduces social
reproduction theorizations; Early Social Reproduction Approaches (ESRA), Social
Reproduction Theory (SRT); and feminist political economy approaches to Racial Capitalism.
Third, it examines the rise and structuring of global care and reproductive chains, and their
coloniality. Finally, the course illustrates feminist approaches to agrarian change, and examines
the evolution of ecofeminist thought, centring the relevance of land for gendered social life.Course Organisation:
The course runs for 8 days weeks and consists of 90 minutes seminars. It will include an initial
taught segment (30/40 min), followed by workshop style Q&A or group-work.Learning Outcomes:
1. Critically evaluate the theoretical/empirical basis of feminist critiques of political economy
2. Learn key feminist theories of social reproduction for the study of the global economy
3. Develop analytical and critical skills, through ideas discussed in seminars.
4. Learn how to design and execute a blog on academic issues
5. Develop an ability to review distinct feminist authors' viewpoints, identify their differences.