Papers by Kimberly Christensen
International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education
Service learning, an underutilised pedagogy in economics, provides the perfect vehicle for the in... more Service learning, an underutilised pedagogy in economics, provides the perfect vehicle for the introduction of heterodox approaches that value the role of institutions, ideologies, laws, and history in economic outcomes. This article describes the author's experience with one such course that combines in-class discussion of labour economics and labour history with service learning in worker centres and similar alt-labour organisations.
Review of Radical Political Economics
The economic and political crisis of the 1970s undermined the postwar social structures of accumu... more The economic and political crisis of the 1970s undermined the postwar social structures of accumulation (SSA) and gave rise to the current globalized, neoliberal, financialized (GNF) SSA. Under GNF, we have witnessed the explosion of the precariat and the reemergence of simpler forms of labor control characteristic of earlier SSAs. This article discusses the response of the labor movement, broadly defined, to these changes, including the rise of worker centers, worker ownership, campaigns for increased state regulation, and cross-border organizing. Finally, it raises the question of whether the current national labor federation can act as an incubator for the experimentation and structural changes necessary for the labor movement to meet the challenges of the GNF-SSA.
Harvard Educational Review, 1991
Since 1981, over 100,000 Americans have died from AIDS. More than 1.5 million others are infected... more Since 1981, over 100,000 Americans have died from AIDS. More than 1.5 million others are infected with HIV, the virus believed to cause AIDS. Schools and colleges across the country have responded to the AIDS epidemic by providing a variety of education and risk-reduction programs for their students. In this article, Kimberly Christensen describes the content and pedagogy of an action-oriented, semester-long undergraduate course she taught on AIDS at the State University of New York College at Purchase in the spring of 1990. It is her view that educators must not only teach risk-reduction behavior, but also explore the deeper causes of the AIDS epidemic:the social forces that grant differential access to information, health care, and social services for people of different race, gender, sexual orientation, and social class. Furthermore, she suggests that successful AIDS educational efforts should also be designed to help students combat their pervasive feelings of powerlessness by a...
Review of Radical Political Economics, 2014
Many commentators have remarked on the seemingly disproportionate job losses suffered by men in t... more Many commentators have remarked on the seemingly disproportionate job losses suffered by men in the initial days of the Great Recession; some conservative commentators have gone so far as to label it a “he-cession” or “man-cession.” In this paper, I assess the claim that the Great Recession has had a disproportionate impact on men. I begin by examining the position and status of women and men in the U.S. economy today in terms of labor force participation, occupational placement, relative wages, and financial responsibility for children. I discuss how women’s (especially women of color’s) economic status has rendered them particularly vulnerable to the impact of the Great Recession. I critique the notion of the “he-cession” and expose the faulty, ahistorical assumptions on which it is based. Finally, I examine the impact of state and local austerity on public sector employment and speculate as to the implications of austerity for the relative economic standing of women of various ra...
Review of Keynesian Economics, 2014
This paper provides historical context for the precipitous decline of unionization in coal. It ex... more This paper provides historical context for the precipitous decline of unionization in coal. It examines the contributions of technological/geographic shifts, government land use and environmental policies, and the changing legal/political environment for unions. Finally, it explores the impact of the internal struggles within the UMW, particularly around the crucial 1978 coal strike.
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1997
Page 1. Kimberly Christensen "With Whom Do You Believe Your Lot Is Cast?" White Feminis... more Page 1. Kimberly Christensen "With Whom Do You Believe Your Lot Is Cast?" White Feminists and Racism ... Page 2. 618 I Christensen the personnel of women's studies programs in the United States have be-come more racially and culturally diverse. ...
Review of Radical Political Economics, 1992
Significant changes have occurred in both the relative income ratios and labor force participatio... more Significant changes have occurred in both the relative income ratios and labor force participation rates of African-American women and men in the postwar period. These changes are most accurately described as economic bifurcation for African-American men, and increases in both participation rates and relative incomes for African-American women. Evidence is presented which supports the hypothesis that the economic/political impact of the civil rights/black power movement was an important factor in these changing economic outcomes, as was the context of increasing economic crisis. These outcomes have serious implications for the future economic viability of some sectors of the African-American community, for the future of African-American politics, and for the forms that white ideological and institutional racism takes in the latter 20th-century U.S.
Feminist Economics, 1998
Page 1. ECONOMICS WITHOUT MONEY; SEX WITHOUT GENDER: ACRITIQUE OF PHILIPSON AND POSNER'S... more Page 1. ECONOMICS WITHOUT MONEY; SEX WITHOUT GENDER: ACRITIQUE OF PHILIPSON AND POSNER'S PRIVATE CHOICES AND PUBLIC HEALTH: THE AIDS EPIDEMIC IN AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE Kimberly Christensen ...
Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 2010
2009 by Karen L. Baird All rights reserved. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or pers... more 2009 by Karen L. Baird All rights reserved. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients, is granted by the copyright owner, pro-vided that a base fee of $10.00, plus eight cents per page, per copy is paid directly to the ...
Feminist Economics, 1998
Page 1. ECONOMICS WITHOUT MONEY; SEX WITHOUT GENDER: ACRITIQUE OF PHILIPSON AND POSNER'S... more Page 1. ECONOMICS WITHOUT MONEY; SEX WITHOUT GENDER: ACRITIQUE OF PHILIPSON AND POSNER'S PRIVATE CHOICES AND PUBLIC HEALTH: THE AIDS EPIDEMIC IN AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE Kimberly Christensen ...
Buff. Pub. Int. LJ, 2005
In "Campaign Finance and Electoral Reform: A Feminist Economics Perspective," we begin by examini... more In "Campaign Finance and Electoral Reform: A Feminist Economics Perspective," we begin by examining the impact of the current regime of campaign finance on the American political system, in terms of the possibilities for corruption, for inegalitarian agenda-setting, and on the quality of representation by officeholders. We then briefly review attempts to regulate this system, from the Tillman Act of 1907 to the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act ("McCain-Feingold"). We examine and critique the extant proposals for change, including legislation and/or regulation to "plug the holes" in FECA (the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971), public financing of all federal campaigns (through either lump-sum payments or "voter vouchers"), and the deregulation of all campaign contributions, combined with immediate reporting of the same. Next, using the work of feminist economist Amartya Sen, we examine the proposals for reform through the lens of feminist economics, critiquing the neoclassically based assumption of individualistic political decision-making on which they are built. We examine the reasons for the decline of "dialogic sites," institutions and venues where ordinary Americans can debate politics, form coherent political world-views, and pressure candidates and elected officials. Finally, using both the tools of modem communications technology and lessons from the civil rights and feminist movements, we present a tentative list of proposals for reform and democratic renewal of the American political system. Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND ELECTORAL REFORM: A FEMINIST ECONOMICS PERSPECTIVE' "The two most important things in politics are money and I can't remember what the other one is." 2 I. The Current American Campaign Finance System: Many observers have recognized the potential for conflict between the market-based (and often profoundly unequal) American economic system and the egalitarian aspirations of the American electoral system. For example, as Bruce Ackerman and Ian Ayres have commented: Liberal democracy requires an awkward balance between two spheres of life. Within the sphere of democratic politics, we confront each other as moral equals, and we deliberate about our collective future .... The organizing principles of the liberal market are different. We come to the table with unequal assets, often vastly unequal. We bargain to further our private interest, without trying to justify our deals in terms of the greater public interest.... Our collective anxiety about campaign finance testifies to the uneasy coexistence of the spheres. 3 Although nominally regulated, the current system of American electoral finance relies heavily on private contributions 1 The author would like to thank Brian Glick (Fordham
2009 by Karen L. Baird All rights reserved. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or pers... more 2009 by Karen L. Baird All rights reserved. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients, is granted by the copyright owner, pro-vided that a base fee of $10.00, plus eight cents per page, per copy is paid directly to the ...
In "Campaign Finance and Electoral Reform: A Feminist Economics Perspective," we begin ... more In "Campaign Finance and Electoral Reform: A Feminist Economics Perspective," we begin by examining the impact of the current regime of campaign finance on the American political system, in terms of the possibilities for corruption, for inegalitarian agenda-setting, and on the quality of representation by officeholders. We then briefly review attempts to regulate this system, from the Tillman Act of 1907 to the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act ("McCain-Feingold"). We examine and critique the extant proposals for change, including legislation and/or regulation to "plug the holes" in FECA (the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971), public financing of all federal campaigns (through either lump-sum payments or "voter vouchers"), and the deregulation of all campaign contributions, combined with immediate reporting of the same. Next, using the work of feminist economist Amartya Sen, we examine the proposals for reform through the lens of femini...
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