FEMINIST ECONOMICS
CALL FOR PAPERS
A Special Issue: Gender and Economics in Muslim Communities
A Special Issue: Land, Gender, and Food Security
General Call for Papers: Information and Instructions

A SPECIAL ISSUE:
GENDER AND ECONOMICS IN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES
Guest Editors:
Ebru Kongar, Jennifer Olmsted, and Elora Shehabuddin

Over the past decade, there has been an increasing recognition of the importance of understanding economic conditions in a broad range of contemporary Muslim societies. However, large gaps remain in our knowledge of the links between gender, economic well-being, and the varying influences of religion due to gender-blind analyses and unexplored assumptions and generalizations regarding Muslim women’s experiences.

This special issue, planned for online publication in 2013 and print in 2014, aims to provide a forum for rethinking the study of socioeconomic policies and processes that impinge on women’s and men’s lives in Muslim families, communities, and countries around the world. We seek contributions that interrogate the prevailing discourses and explore new insights into women’s economic well-being in Muslim communities. Of special interest are submissions that pay attention to women’s agency and voice and the intersections between religion, gender, class, and ethnicity in the analysis of outcomes. Submissions that rely on a variety of methodologies and research methods, including interpretive and quantitative methodologies (such as country-level or cross-country analyses), are welcome. Feminist Economics very much encourages submissions from the Global South and Central/Eastern Europe.

Contributions may cover diverse topics, including but not limited to:

• New theoretical frameworks exploring the links between women’s economic lives and Muslim laws and religious practices
• The effects of international migration and trade on Muslim women and children
• Gendered influences of colonialism and military conflict on Muslim communities
• Gendered impacts of macroeconomic, social-protection, and poverty-reduction policies
• Feminist critiques of state and international policies toward Muslim communities and countries

Deadline for abstracts:
Please direct queries and abstracts (500 words maximum) to the Guest Editors: Ebru Kongar, Jennifer Olmsted, and Elora Shehabuddin at gemc@drew.edu no later than 15 August 2010. After approval of abstracts, final papers will be due 15 February 2011 and should be submitted to Feminist Economics through the submissions website (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rfec). Questions about these procedures may be sent to feministeconomics@rice.edu, +1.713.348.4083 (phone), or +1.713.348.5495 (fax).
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A Special Issue:
LAND, GENDER, AND FOOD SECURITY

Guest Editors
Stephanie Seguino, Gale Summerfield, and Dzodzi Tsikata

In reaction to the global food price crisis in 2007–8 as well as concerns over population pressures and water shortages, wealthier developing countries and newly industrialized ones have begun a surge of leasing and acquisition of millions of hectares of farmland in many poorer developing countries. The expanding global demand for biofuels and other non-food agricultural commodities, along with rising agricultural commodity prices, represent an additional impetus for these acquisitions by wealthier developing countries. Experts are concerned that these large-scale land deals will increase food insecurity and inequalities within the countries that lease or sell land. Such transactions may also widen income gaps between the wealthier and poorer developing countries engaged in them.

To date, analyses of land acquisitions have not addressed gender implications of these processes. Given women’s important roles as producers and consumers of agricultural products in affected countries and the implications of gender equality for long-run growth, this is a critical lacuna in research. For this special issue, Feminist Economics encourages scholars from economics and related disciplines to submit papers that reveal gender impacts of the leases and acquisitions, including effects on women’s access to land, intrahousehold allocation, on-farm agricultural productivity, household food security, and investments in children’s well-being. Consideration of gender differences related to class, ethnicity, and location are encouraged. Feminist Economics especially welcomes submissions from the Global South and transition economies. 

Contributions may cover diverse topics, including but not limited to:

• Distributional, including gender, effects on access to and control over land and livelihoods
• Gender employment effects and broader socioeconomic impacts of land leasing and land acquisition
• Impacts of the leasing arrangements on urban and rural producers and consumers
• Land rights, human rights, and socioeconomic justice
• Responses by civil society and government to land acquisitions

Deadline for abstracts: Please direct queries and abstracts (500 words maximum) to the Guest Editors, Stephanie Seguino (sseguino@uvm.edu), Gale Summerfield (summrfld@illinois.edu), and Dzodzi Tsikata (dzodzit@yahoo.co.uk or dtsikata@ug.edu.gh), no later than 15 January 2011.

If the Guest Editors approve an abstract, the potential contributor may be eligible to apply for a small amount of funding to partially defray research expenses. The complete, invited manuscript will be due 15 March 2011 and should be submitted to Feminist Economics through the submissions website (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rfec). Questions about these procedures may be sent to feministeconomics@rice.edu, +1.713.348.4083 (phone), or +1.713.348.5495 (fax).
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Feminist Economics provides an open forum for dialogue and debate about feminist economic perspectives. The journal solicits high quality contributions from a broad spectrum of intellectual traditions in economics. It welcomes the treatment of economic issues from cross-disciplinary and cross-country perspectives. Contributions from countries in the South are especially welcome, as are those from non-economists concerned with economic issues.

Specifically, Feminist Economics seeks submissions that:

• stimulate dialogue and debate on feminist economic perspectives among diverse scholars worldwide
• extend feminist theoretical and methodological insights into economics
• promote a rethinking of theory and policy in diverse fields, including those not directly related to gender
• provide insights into the relationship between gender and power relations in the economy
• explore the construction and legitimation of economic knowledge, including cultural, institutional, and historical influences
• advance inquiry into economic issues affecting the lives of all children, women, and men.

The journal also solicits short exploratory essays and comments on previously published articles. Articles should be written clearly and concisely and be accessible both to economists and to scholars in related fields who are concerned with economic issues.

For information on how to submit articles, please go to Author Instructions.