Feminist International Political Economy (IPE)

a) Gilpin presents liberalism as a gender neutral theory of IPE. Explain the liberal argument defending its own sense of gender neutrality. Tickner argues that liberalism is gender biased and promotes a masculine perspective. Explain Tickner’s critique of liberalism’s gender bias.
b) Gilpin presents economic nationalism as a gender neutral theory of IPE. Explain the economic nationalist argument defending its own sense of gender neutrality. Tickner argues that economic nationalism is gender biased and promotes a masculine perspective. Explain Tickner’s critique of economic nationalism’s gender bias.
c) Gilpin presents Marxism as a gender neutral theory of IPE. Explain the Marxist argument defending its own sense of gender neutrality. Tickner argues that Marxism is gender biased and promotes a masculine perspective. Explain Tickner’s critique of Marxism’s gender bias.
d) What are the most important changes that should be made to the discipline of political economy and its dominant approaches (classical/liberal, Marxist, Keynesian, neo-classical), in order to fairly and accurately encompass and account for the perspectives of all gender self-identifications? Justify your response by referring both to the Paquin reading and the Waring film. If you don’t think any significant changes need to be made to the dominant approaches, justify your response, in light of the feminist critique.