Feminist · 18th century roots; diverse modern schools

Feminist Political Theory

Examines how gender shapes law, work, care, family relations, and political participation. It challenges arrangements that make supposedly private power invisible to public institutions.

Foundational doctrines

Disagreement and variation

Liberal, socialist, radical, postcolonial, and intersectional approaches disagree over the sources of gendered power and the institutions needed to change it. Liberal, socialist, radical, postcolonial, and intersectional schools disagree; no single economic model represents them all.

Source and historical context

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