Questioning Financial Governance from a Feminist Perspective brings together feminist economists and feminist political economists from different countries located in North America and Europe to analyze the 'strategic silence' about gender in fiscal and monetary policy, and financial regulation.

Brigitte Young is Professor of Political Science at the University of Münster, Germany.

Isabella Bakker is Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at York University, Toronto, Canada.

Diane Elson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex, UK.

Introduction Brigitte Young, Isabella Bakker and Diane Elson 1. Macroeconomics and Gender Orders in OECD Countries Friederike Maier 2. Changing Macroeconomic Governance and Gender Orders: The Case of Canada Isa Bakker 3. EU Macroeconomic Governance and Gender Orders: The Case of Austria Elizabeth Klatzer and Christa Schlager 4. Taxation, Employment and Gender: The Case of State Taxes in the USA Elissa Braunstein and Caren Grown 5. Central Banks, Employment and Gender in Developing Countries Elissa Braunstein and James Heintz 6. IMF Policies and Gender Orders: The Case of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Diane Elson and Tonia Warnecke 7. The Role of Gender in Governance of the Financial Sector Helene Schuberth and Brigitte Young 8. Macroeconomic Governance, Gendered Inequality, and Global Crises Stephen Gill and Adrienne Roberts