Social Reproduction: A Key Issue for Feminist Solidarity Economy

Abstract

The current organization of social reproduction, based on unequal gender, class and race relations, on oppression and dispossession, is the condition for accumulation in the globalized capitalist system. It is also, increasingly, a terrain for struggles and social transformations. We define social reproduction as all the activities, social relations and institutions that are necessary for the reproduction of life, today and for future generations. This definition is enriched by the contributions of the practices and political struggles of the most marginalized groups and thus needs to be contextualized, as the various case studies in this book show.