The Rise and Decline of Patriarchal SystemsIn this groundbreaking new work, Nancy Folbre builds on a critique and reformulation of Marxian political economy. She draws on a larger body of scientific research, including neoclassical economics, sociology, psychology, and evolutionary biology, to answer the defining question of feminist political economy: why is gender inequality so pervasive? In part, this is because of the contradictory effects of capitalist development. On one hand, rapid