(Ebook) Queer Economics: A Reader by Joyce P. Jacobsen, Adam Zeller ISBN 9780415771702, 0415771706

(Ebook) Queer Economics: A Reader by Joyce P. Jacobsen, Adam Zeller ISBN 9780415771702, 0415771706

This important new book in nine sections provides an introduction to the literature charting the economic experiences of lesbians and gay men.THIS READER ORIGINATED AS THE OUTPUT from a tutorial in queer economics proposed by Adam & supervised by Joyce at Wesleyan University during Spring 2000. Adam wrote the initial commentary and selected the original articles. We have subsequently reworked & expanded the project to incorporate additional readings, discussion, & web links. We originally planned the project as a freestanding website aid for students who wanted to take a tutorial in queer economics. Subsequent to a conversation with Rob Langham, Routledge's Senior Editor for Economics, we realized that the project might serve in this pedagogical role better as a published reader that would include the full text of original articles on the various topics.
This brief introduction sets out the reasons for and aims of the project. No other book currently exists that consolidates what has been published up to this point in the field; nor does any book try to define fully what comprises the field of queer economics. However, this is a field poised to take off, and there has been an increased number (though still small) of research contributions in this area, indicating a substantial uptick of interest in the topics contained herein.
We consider this field as related both to a broader literature in economics that considers the causes and consequences of differential economic outcomes for various minority and otherwise disadvantaged groups, as well as related to the growing literature in queer studies, most of which addresses economics not at all or only tangentially. Thus the reader fills an empty niche in publishing both by aiding in defining the field of queer economics and by bringing together into one volume many of the salient early articles in the field as well as some of the important recent contributions and some lesser-known contributions.