The Separative Self: Androcentric Bias in Neoclassical Assumptions

Readings in Economic Sociology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 154-167

  England, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androcentric bias; Neoclassical assumptions; Neoclassical economics; Separative self models; Theoretical biases

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859120875     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470755679.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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