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When Gay People Get Married: What Happens When Societies Legalize Same-Sex Marriage, by M. V. Lee Badgett. New York: New York University Press, 2009. 288 pp. ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-9114-1 (hbk.). US$35.00.

When Gay People Get Married: What Happens When Societies Legalize Same-Sex Marriage, by M. V. Lee... BO OK REVIEWS into embracing the expansion of capitalism’’ (p. 202). This ‘‘corporate embrace,’’ as she puts it, is of course more compatible with liberal feminism than with other feminisms; here, Eisenstein does not emphasize enough the fact that there are many variations across feminisms in this respect, with different degrees of effectiveness in contesting the negative consequences of globalization and the expansion of market society. In my view, Eisenstein’s suggested alternatives seem to embrace the old left too easily. While I very much agree on the need for feminists to address class issues and the structure of global capitalism, this also requires an emphasis on the ways in which feminism has brought up new ways to visualize and implement progressive social change. In a final section on rethinking the role of the state, Eisenstein mentions some authors, including a few feminists, who have discussed left alternatives; she also recommends taking ‘‘seriously’’ the analyses of a few male authors who have emphasized the need to develop ‘‘solidarity against the elites’’ (p. 224). While one cannot disagree with this objective, feminists will want to make sure that this be a different type of left. Looking up to Chavez’s Venezuela, as http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Feminist Economics Taylor & Francis

When Gay People Get Married: What Happens When Societies Legalize Same-Sex Marriage, by M. V. Lee Badgett. New York: New York University Press, 2009. 288 pp. ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-9114-1 (hbk.). US$35.00.

Moe, Karine S.
Feminist Economics , Volume 17 (3): 4 – Jul 1, 2011
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BO OK REVIEWS into embracing the expansion of capitalism’’ (p. 202). This ‘‘corporate embrace,’’ as she puts it, is of course more compatible with liberal feminism than with other feminisms; here, Eisenstein does not emphasize enough the fact that there are many variations across feminisms in this respect, with different degrees of effectiveness in contesting the negative consequences of globalization and the expansion of market society. In my view, Eisenstein’s suggested alternatives seem to embrace the old left too easily. While I very much agree on the need for feminists to address class issues and the structure of global capitalism, this also requires an emphasis on the ways in which feminism has brought up new ways to visualize and implement progressive social change. In a final section on rethinking the role of the state, Eisenstein mentions some authors, including a few feminists, who have discussed left alternatives; she also recommends taking ‘‘seriously’’ the analyses of a few male authors who have emphasized the need to develop ‘‘solidarity against the elites’’ (p. 224). While one cannot disagree with this objective, feminists will want to make sure that this be a different type of left. Looking up to Chavez’s Venezuela, as

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