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Mary Mellor

Mary Mellor is Emeritus Professor in Social Science at Northumbria University, where she was the founding chair of the Sustainable Cities Research Institute.[1][2] She also co-founded the World Economics Association.[3] She has published widely on ecofeminism, sustainability and economics.[4][3][5] An activist, as well as an academic, Mellor participated in the protest at Greenham Common peace camp.[3] John Barry described her as "one of the main social theorists" in the field of gender and the environment.[6] In 2017 she was awarded the Bernardo Aguilar Award from the United States Society for Ecological Economics.[7]

Works

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Helena Feder described how Mellor's works grew "out of the same principle of radical politics that informs her theoretical work as an ecofeminist – challenge power where it lives".[3] Mellor's 1997 work, Feminism and Ecology, worked to counter dismissal of ecofeminism through analysis of the range of ecofeminist approaches, and to develop her own materialist position, useful for a "wide range of readers".[8] It was described by Karen J. Warren as "an excellent overview of the many strands of thought contributing to the current body of ecofeminism".[9] Adam S. Weinberg described it as a "good book" that "introduces an important literature and social movement to the sociological community".[10] Tyler Veak reviewed the work as a comprehensive review of the field, but had hoped that it might provide a clearer "path for transformation" of the discipline.[11]

The Politics of Money, published in 2002, focussed on histories of money and banking and put forward the argument that loans, created by banks, have become a tool of finance capital, with individuals losing the most.[citation needed]

The Future of Money went further, arguing against the "privatisation of money" and discussing the possibilities that alternative approaches may give, such as an "ecofeminist political economy".[12]

In Debt or Democracy, Mellor argued that private sector control of the creation of money through loans needs to be brought back into public control.[13]

2019's Money: Myths, Truths and Alternatives examined the social value of money and its connections to neoliberalism.[14]

In addition to these works, Mellor has also published on worker's coperatives and their histories,[15]

Awards

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Selected works

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  • Money: Myths, Truths and Alternatives (Policy Press, 2019)
  • Debt or Democracy (Pluto Press, 2015)
  • The Future of Money (Pluto Press, 2010)
  • The Politics of Money (Pluto Press, 2002)
  • Feminism and Ecology (Polity, 1997)

References

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  1. ^ "Mary Mellor – Marx & Philosophy Society". 2020-07-15. Archived from the original on 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  2. ^ "Mary Mellor". Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  3. ^ a b c d Feder, Helena (2019-10-02). ""Never Waste a Good Crisis": An Interview with Mary Mellor". Capitalism Nature Socialism. 30 (4): 44–54. doi:10.1080/10455752.2018.1499787. ISSN 1045-5752.
  4. ^ CK, Saji Narayanan (2022-12-05). Indian Woman, Feminism and Women's Liberation. Indus Scrolls Press. p. 233.
  5. ^ Spear, Roger (1989). "Reviews". Economic and Industrial Democracy. 10 (4): 564–567. doi:10.1177/0143831X89104012. ISSN 0143-831X.
  6. ^ Barry, John (1999). Environment and Social Theory. Psychology Press. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-415-17270-7.
  7. ^ a b "Awards – United States Society for Ecological Economics (USSEE)". Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  8. ^ Burningham, Kate (August 1999). "Mary Mellor, Feminism and Ecology, Cambridge: Polity, 1997, £45.00 (£13.95 paperback), viii+221 pp. (ISBN 0-7456-1417-5, hbk; 0-.7456-1418-3, pbk)". Sociology. 33 (3): 645–678. doi:10.1017/S0038038599350409.
  9. ^ Armbruster, Karla (2000). "Review of Ecofeminist Natures: Race, Gender, Feminist Theory and Political Action; Ecofeminism: Women, Culture, Nature; Feminism and Ecology". NWSA Journal. 12 (1): 210–216. ISSN 1040-0656. JSTOR 4316725.
  10. ^ Weinberg, Adam S. (1999). "Review of Feminism and Ecology". Contemporary Sociology. 28 (4): 452–453. doi:10.2307/2655330. ISSN 0094-3061. JSTOR 2655330.
  11. ^ Veak, Tyler (1999). "Review of Feminism & Ecology". Science, Technology, & Human Values. 24 (3): 402–404. ISSN 0162-2439. JSTOR 690155.
  12. ^ "Review: NON-FICTION: ET CETERA: Steven Poole's - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. ProQuest 664625933. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  13. ^ Bollier, David; Conaty, Pat (2015). DEMOCRATIC MONEY AND CAPITAL FOR THE COMMONS: Strategies for Transforming Neoliberal Finance - A Report on a Commons Strategies Group Workshop in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Foundation (PDF). Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  14. ^ "Money: Myths, Truths and Alternatives - Everyday Society - The British Sociological Association". 2024-05-29. Archived from the original on 2024-05-29. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  15. ^ Scase, Richard (1989). "Review of Developing Successful Worker Cooperatives; Worker Cooperatives in Theory and Practice". Work, Employment & Society. 3 (3): 417–419. ISSN 0950-0170. JSTOR 23746516.
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