Social Reproduction and the Constitution of a Gendered Political Economy
Abstract
This review essay outlines and compares several recent contributions in feminist political economy with particular emphasis on the renaissance of the concept of social reproduction.1 Most definitio...
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
Productive economic activities can only be performed when reproductive care work has been done.
“In effect, productive economic activities (both blue-collar and white-collar work) can only be performed when reproductive care work has been done”
From Rethinking resource scarcity: towards ecofeminist decolonial degrowth (2025) · cites this paper as Bakker, 2007
Cites
Still being checked.
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Applying critical realism in qualitative research: Methodology meets method
Fletcher, A. J. (2017) · International Journal of Social Research Methodology · doi:10.1080/13645579.2016.1144401 · Cited by 1,343 · see citing works
Patel, R. (2012) · The Journal of Peasant Studies · doi:10.1080/03066150.2012.719224 · Cited by 752 · see citing works
SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth – A gendered analysis
Rai, S. M., Brown, B. D., & Ruwanpura, K. N. (2018) · World Development · doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.09.006 · Cited by 391 · see citing works
Rai, S., Hoskyns, C., & Thomas, D. (2014) · International Feminist Journal of Politics · doi:10.1080/14616742.2013.789641 · Cited by 333 · see citing works
Rethinking Care Through Social Reproduction: Articulating Circuits of Migration
Kofman, E. (2012) · Social Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society · doi:10.1093/sp/jxr030 · Cited by 234 · see citing works
A Value Theory of Inclusion: Informal Labour, the Homeworker, and the Social Reproduction of Value
Mezzadri, A. (2020) · Antipode · doi:10.1111/anti.12701 · Cited by 205 · see citing works
Roberts, A. (2012) · New Political Economy · doi:10.1080/13563467.2012.662951 · Cited by 165 · see citing works
Feminist global political economies of work and social reproduction
Mezzadri, A., Newman, S., & Stevano, S. (2021) · Review of International Political Economy · doi:10.1080/09692290.2021.1957977 · Cited by 158 · see citing works
Feminist geographies of digital work
Richardson, L. (2016) · Progress in Human Geography · doi:10.1177/0309132516677177 · Cited by 146 · see citing works
Feminists Theorize International Political Economy
Bedford, K., & Rai, S. M. (2010) · Signs · doi:10.1086/652910 · Cited by 132 · see citing works
Feminist Global Political Economies of the Everyday: From Bananas to Bingo
Elias, J., & Roberts, A. (2016) · Globalizations · doi:10.1080/14747731.2016.1155797 · Cited by 133 · see citing works
Morgan, N., & Pritchard, A. (2018) · International Journal of Hospitality Management · doi:10.1016/j.ijhm.2018.06.008 · Cited by 136 · see citing works
Domestic work–affective labor: On feminization and the coloniality of labor
Rodríguez, E. G. (2014) · Women s Studies International Forum · doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2014.03.005 · Cited by 126 · see citing works
COVID-19, gender inequality, and the responsibility of the state
Fortier, N. (2020) · International Journal of Wellbeing · doi:10.5502/ijw.v10i3.1305 · Cited by 123 · see citing works
Stevano, S., Mezzadri, A., Lombardozzi, L., & Bargawi, H. (2021) · Feminist Economics · doi:10.1080/13545701.2020.1854478 · Cited by 123 · see citing works
The political economy of the household: Neoliberal restructuring, enclosures, and daily life
LeBaron, G. (2010) · Review of International Political Economy · doi:10.1080/09692290903573914 · Cited by 117 · see citing works
Roberts, A. (2014) · Global Society · doi:10.1080/13600826.2014.975189 · Cited by 115 · see citing works
Agency, Injury, and Transgressive Politics in Neoliberal Times
Madhok, S., & Rai, S. M. (2012) · Signs · doi:10.1086/662939 · Cited by 113 · see citing works
Coerced, Forced and Unfree Labour: Geographies of Exploitation in Contemporary Labour Markets
Strauss, K. (2012) · Geography Compass · doi:10.1111/j.1749-8198.2011.00474.x · Cited by 110 · see citing works
Compounding crises of social reproduction: Microfinance, over-indebtedness and the COVID-19 pandemic
Brickell, K., Picchioni, F., Natarajan, N., Guermond, V., Parsons, L., Zanello, G., & Bateman, M. (2020) · World Development · doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105087 · Cited by 106 · see citing works
Mezzadri, A. (2022) · Organization · doi:10.1177/13505084221074042 · Cited by 105 · see citing works
Putting mobility theory to work: Conceptualizing employment-related geographical mobility
Cresswell, T., Dorow, S. K., & Roseman, S. R. (2016) · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space · doi:10.1177/0308518x16649184 · Cited by 100 · see citing works
Dowling, E. (2016) · British Politics · doi:10.1057/s41293-016-0036-2 · Cited by 100 · see citing works
Grand Challenges, Feminist Answers
Benschop, Y. (2021) · Organization Theory · doi:10.1177/26317877211020323 · Cited by 81 · see citing works
Strauss, K. (2012) · Antipode · doi:10.1111/j.1467-8330.2012.00997.x · Cited by 97 · see citing works
Greene, D. (2021) · The MIT Press eBooks · doi:10.7551/mitpress/11674.001.0001 · Cited by 95 · see citing works
Rai, S. M. (2024) · doi:10.1093/oso/9780197535547.001.0001 · Cited by 95 · see citing works
Binging and purging: agrofood capitalism and the body as socioecological fix
Guthman, J. (2015) · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space · doi:10.1068/a140005p · Cited by 86 · see citing works
Militarized social reproduction: women’s labour and parastate armed conflict
Hedström, J. (2020) · Critical Military Studies · doi:10.1080/23337486.2020.1715056 · Cited by 86 · see citing works
Blind spots in IPE: marginalized perspectives and neglected trends in contemporary capitalism
LeBaron, G., Mügge, D., Best, J., & Hay, C. (2020) · Review of International Political Economy · doi:10.1080/09692290.2020.1830835 · Cited by 86 · see citing works
Reflections on the political economy of planetary health
Gill, S. R., & Benatar, S. R. (2019) · Review of International Political Economy · doi:10.1080/09692290.2019.1607769 · Cited by 84 · see citing works
Gender and Forced Labour: Understanding the Links in Global Cocoa Supply Chains
LeBaron, G., & Gore, E. (2019) · The Journal of Development Studies · doi:10.1080/00220388.2019.1657570 · Cited by 87 · see citing works
Best, J., Hay, C., LeBaron, G., & Mügge, D. (2020) · New Political Economy · doi:10.1080/13563467.2020.1841143 · Cited by 82 · see citing works
Stevano, S., Ali, R., & Jamieson, M. (2020) · Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement · doi:10.1080/02255189.2020.1834362 · Cited by 78 · see citing works
Mezzadri, A., Stevano, S., Ossome, L., & Bargawi, H. (2024) · Journal of Agrarian Change · doi:10.1111/joac.12595 · Cited by 76 · see citing works
Entrepreneurial Subjectivities and Gendered Complexities: Neoliberal Citizenship in Turkey
Altan‐Olcay, Ö. (2014) · Feminist Economics · doi:10.1080/13545701.2014.950978 · Cited by 75 · see citing works
The financialization of everyday life: Caring for debts
Karaagac, E. A. (2020) · Geography Compass · doi:10.1111/gec3.12541 · Cited by 75 · see citing works
Ciolfi, L., & Lockley, E. (2018) · Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) · doi:10.1007/s10606-018-9315-3 · Cited by 72 · see citing works
The Gendered Complexities of Promoting Female Entrepreneurship in the Gulf
Ennis, C. A. (2018) · New Political Economy · doi:10.1080/13563467.2018.1457019 · Cited by 71 · see citing works
Economic statistics as political artefacts
Mügge, D. (2020) · Review of International Political Economy · doi:10.1080/09692290.2020.1828141 · Cited by 71 · see citing works
Introduction: Everyday narratives in world politics
Stanley, L., & Jackson, R. (2016) · Politics · doi:10.1177/0263395716653423 · Cited by 70 · see citing works
Fudge, J. (2014) · Feminist Legal Studies · doi:10.1007/s10691-014-9256-2 · Cited by 65 · see citing works
Lost futures? Educated youth precarity and protests in the Oromia region, Ethiopia
Abebe, T. (2020) · Children s Geographies · doi:10.1080/14733285.2020.1789560 · Cited by 65 · see citing works
Dombrowski, V., & Hajek, K. (2021) · Verlag Barbara Budrich eBooks · doi:10.3224/84742528.03 · Cited by 64 · see citing works
The political economy of family policy expansion
Ferragina, E. (2019) · Review of International Political Economy · doi:10.1080/09692290.2019.1627568 · Cited by 62 · see citing works
The Power of the Vulnerable Body
Vaittinen, T. (2014) · International Feminist Journal of Politics · doi:10.1080/14616742.2013.876301 · Cited by 61 · see citing works
‘Everyday droning’: Towards a feminist geopolitics of the drone-home
Jackman, A. H., & Brickell, K. (2021) · Progress in Human Geography · doi:10.1177/03091325211018745 · Cited by 60 · see citing works
Ecologies of Sustainable Concerns: Organization Theorizing for the Anthropocene
Ergene, S., Calás, M. Β., & Smircich, L. (2017) · Gender Work and Organization · doi:10.1111/gwao.12189 · Cited by 59 · see citing works
Vertommen, S., Pavone, V., & Nahman, M. R. (2021) · Science Technology & Human Values · doi:10.1177/0162243921996460 · Cited by 61 · see citing works
Marphatia, A., & Moussié, R. (2013) · International Journal of Educational Development · doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2013.05.005 · Cited by 58 · see citing works
Peck, J., & Phillips, R. (2020) · Sociologica · doi:10.6092/issn.1971-8853/11613 · Cited by 70 · see citing works
The Geopolitics of Social Reproduction and Depletion: The Case of Iraq and Palestine
Chilmeran, Y., & Pratt, N. (2019) · Social Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society · doi:10.1093/sp/jxz035 · Cited by 54 · see citing works
Eroding the Wealth of Women: Gender and the Subprime Foreclosure Crisis
Baker, A. C. (2014) · Social Service Review · doi:10.1086/675391 · Cited by 53 · see citing works
Rodríguez, E. G. (2013) · International Journal of Politics Culture and Society · doi:10.1007/s10767-013-9154-7 · Cited by 51 · see citing works
Ferguson, S., LeBaron, G., Dimitrakaki, A., & Farris, S. R. (2016) · Historical Materialism · doi:10.1163/1569206x-12341469 · Cited by 51 · see citing works
Insecurity, Dispossession, Depletion: Women’s Experiences of Post-War Development in Myanmar
Hedström, J., & Olivius, E. (2020) · European Journal of Development Research · doi:10.1057/s41287-020-00255-2 · Cited by 49 · see citing works
Mezzadri, A., & Majumder, S. (2020) · Review of International Political Economy · doi:10.1080/09692290.2020.1857293 · Cited by 49 · see citing works
Partners in Patriarchy: Faith-Based Organizations and Neoliberalism in Turkey
Atalay, Z. (2017) · Critical Sociology · doi:10.1177/0896920517711488 · Cited by 49 · see citing works
Gendered political economy and the politics of migrant worker rights: the view from South-East Asia
Elias, J. (2010) · Australian Journal Of International Affairs · doi:10.1080/10357710903460022 · Cited by 48 · see citing works
Migrant Women and Social Reproduction under Austerity
Lonergan, G. (2015) · Feminist Review · doi:10.1057/fr.2014.43 · Cited by 48 · see citing works
Embodied contradictions: Capitalism, social reproduction and body formation
Rioux, S. (2014) · Women s Studies International Forum · doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2014.03.008 · Cited by 48 · see citing works
Informalization, Inequalities and Global Insecurities
Peterson, V. S. (2010) · International Studies Review · doi:10.1111/j.1468-2486.2010.00930.x · Cited by 46 · see citing works
Just Transition for All? Labor Organizing in the Energy Sector Beyond the Loss of “Jobs Property”
Luke, N. (2022) · Annals of the American Association of Geographers · doi:10.1080/24694452.2022.2079471 · Cited by 45 · see citing works
Böhle, D., Medve‐Bálint, G., Šćepanović, V., & Toplišek, A. (2022) · East European Politics · doi:10.1080/21599165.2022.2122044 · Cited by 45 · see citing works
Fletcher, A. J. (2017) · Water security in a new world · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-64046-4_3 · Cited by 45 · see citing works
Indignation and inclusion: Activism, difference, and emergent urban politics in postcrash Madrid
Gonick, S. L. (2015) · Environment and Planning D Society and Space · doi:10.1177/0263775815608852 · Cited by 43 · see citing works
Spaces of debt resistance and the contemporary politics of financialised capitalism
Montgomerie, J., & Tepe-Belfrage, D. (2018) · Geoforum · doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.05.012 · Cited by 43 · see citing works
Vertommen, S., & Barbagallo, C. (2022) · Review of International Political Economy · doi:10.1080/09692290.2020.1866642 · Cited by 43 · see citing works
Using social reproduction theory to understand unfree labour
Gore, E., & LeBaron, G. (2019) · Capital & Class · doi:10.1177/0309816819880787 · Cited by 42 · see citing works
Enoch Powell: Britain’s First Neoliberal Politician
Shilliam, R. (2020) · New Political Economy · doi:10.1080/13563467.2020.1841140 · Cited by 42 · see citing works
Gendered migrations, social reproduction and the household in Europe
Kofman, E. (2014) · Dialectical Anthropology · doi:10.1007/s10624-014-9330-9 · Cited by 41 · see citing works
Reorganizing School Lunch for a More Just and Sustainable Food System in the US
Gaddis, J. E., & Coplen, A. K. (2017) · Feminist Economics · doi:10.1080/13545701.2017.1383621 · Cited by 41 · see citing works
Shields, S. (2019) · Capital & Class · doi:10.1177/0309816819880798 · Cited by 40 · see citing works
Tyner, J. A. (2015) · Progress in Human Geography · doi:10.1177/0309132515569964 · Cited by 40 · see citing works
Young people and land in Zimbabwe: livelihood challenges after land reform
Scoones, I., Mavedzenge, B., & Murimbarimba, F. (2019) · Review of African Political Economy · doi:10.1080/03056244.2019.1610938 · Cited by 39 · see citing works
What Are Post-Fordist Wages? Simmel, Labor Money, and the Problem of Value
Adkins, L. (2015) · South Atlantic Quarterly · doi:10.1215/00382876-2862740 · Cited by 39 · see citing works
The caring city? A critical reflection on Barcelona’s municipal experiments in care and the commons
Kussy, A., Palomera, D., & Silver, D. (2022) · Urban Studies · doi:10.1177/00420980221134191 · Cited by 38 · see citing works
Social reproduction, finance and the gendered dimensions of pawnbroking
Roberts, A., & Zulfiqar, G. (2019) · Capital & Class · doi:10.1177/0309816819880788 · Cited by 37 · see citing works
Gendered circuits of care in the mobility regime of Alberta’s oil sands
Dorow, S. K., & Mandizadza, S. (2018) · Gender Place & Culture · doi:10.1080/0966369x.2018.1425287 · Cited by 37 · see citing works
Continuity or change? Platforms and the hybridization of neoliberal institutional contexts
Piletić, A. (2023) · Review of International Political Economy · doi:10.1080/09692290.2023.2220088 · Cited by 36 · see citing works
Luke, N., & Kaïka, M. (2018) · Antipode · doi:10.1111/anti.12468 · Cited by 36 · see citing works
Elias, J., & Louth, J. (2016) · Globalizations · doi:10.1080/14747731.2016.1155340 · Cited by 35 · see citing works
Meliou, E. (2019) · Gender Work and Organization · doi:10.1111/gwao.12411 · Cited by 35 · see citing works
Foreign Policy and the Domestic Worker
Elias, J. (2013) · International Feminist Journal of Politics · doi:10.1080/14616742.2012.755835 · Cited by 35 · see citing works
Right to health, right to live: domestic workers facing the COVID-19 crisis in Latin America
Acciari, L., Britez, J. D. C., & Pérez, A. D. C. M. (2021) · Gender & Development · doi:10.1080/13552074.2021.1885213 · Cited by 34 · see citing works
The Hegemony Cracked: The Power Guide to Getting Care onto the Development Agenda
Eyben, R. (2012) · IDS Working Papers · doi:10.1111/j.2040-0209.2012.00411.x · Cited by 34 · see citing works
Gray, H. (2022) · Critical Military Studies · doi:10.1080/23337486.2022.2033915 · Cited by 33 · see citing works
Introduction: Feminist geographies of social reproduction and race
Hopkins, C. T. (2014) · Women s Studies International Forum · doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2014.06.002 · Cited by 33 · see citing works
Weiss, H. (2021) · Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology · doi:10.29164/21socialrepro · Cited by 33 · see citing works
Nunn, A., & Tepe-Belfrage, D. (2019) · Capital & Class · doi:10.1177/0309816819880795 · Cited by 32 · see citing works
A Political Ecology of Water and Enslavement: Water Ways in Eighteenth-Century Caribbean Plantations
Hauser, M. W. (2017) · Current Anthropology · doi:10.1086/691053 · Cited by 32 · see citing works
Diffuse Drivers of Modern Slavery: From Microfinance to Unfree Labour in Cambodia
Natarajan, N., Brickell, K., & Parsons, L. (2020) · Development and Change · doi:10.1111/dech.12623 · Cited by 32 · see citing works
The Financialisation of Social Reproduction: Domestic Labour and Promissory Value
Adkins, L., & Dever, M. (2016) · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · doi:10.1057/9781137495549_7 · Cited by 31 · see citing works
Expertise in European Economic Governance: A Feminist Analysis
O’Dwyer, M. (2019) · Journal of Contemporary European Research · doi:10.30950/jcer.v15i2.1007 · Cited by 31 · see citing works
The Dilemma of Foxconn Moms: Social Reproduction and the Rise of ‘Gig Manufacturing’ in China
Dong, Y. (2022) · Critical Sociology · doi:10.1177/08969205221140927 · Cited by 31 · see citing works
Oocyte provision as a (quasi) social market: Insights from Spain
Esposti, S. D., & Pavone, V. (2019) · Social Science & Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112381 · Cited by 31 · see citing works
Suckert, L. (2021) · The Sociological Review · doi:10.1177/00380261211024890 · Cited by 30 · see citing works
Shields, S. (2021) · Europe Asia Studies · doi:10.1080/09668136.2021.1972937 · Cited by 29 · see citing works
Social reproduction, women’s labour and systems of life: A conversation
Fernandes, M., Lupo, L., Benya, A., Dedeoğlu, S., Mezzadri, A., & Prügl, E. (2023) · Dialogues in Human Geography · doi:10.1177/20438206231177072 · Cited by 29 · see citing works
- Authors
- Bakker, I.
- Affiliations
- York University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Bakker, Isabella
- Venue
- New Political Economy
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2007-12
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 541-556
- ISSN
- 1356-3467 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-9923
- OpenAlex
- W2053345430
- Cited by
- 556
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 46 · 2025: 46 · 2024: 111 · 2023: 52 · 2022: 44 · 2021: 47 · 2020: 37 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 23 · 2014: 19 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 12.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- New Political Economy (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Economy and Marxism
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Feminism, Gender, and Intersectionality
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Keywords
- social reproduction, gendered political economy, feminist political economy, gender and economics, feminist theory
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review