Diane Elson Explained
Diane Rosemary Elson (born 20 April 1946)[1] is a British economist, sociologist and gender and development social scientist. She is Professor Emerita of sociology at the University of Essex and a former professor of development studies at the University of Manchester.
She is noted for her work on issues of development and human rights. A theme in her more recent work is gender inequality and economic and social rights.[2] She is the author of the books Male Bias in the Development Process,[3] and Budgeting for Women's Rights: Monitoring Government Budgets for Compliance with CEDAW (Concepts and Tools),[4] and of many other publications and articles.
She has also worked as a special advisor for UNIFEM and is the chair of the UK's Women's Budget Group.[5] She was a winner of the Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought for 2016, along with Amit Bhaduri.[6]
Biography
Elson was born on 20 April 1946 in Bedworth, Warwickshire, England, the daughter of Edwin and Vera Elson.
In 1968, she gained a degree in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) from St Hilda's College, Oxford University, and her doctorate in economics from the University of Manchester in 1994.
Elson has a son.
Career
- 1968 – 1971 Research Assistant, Institute of Commonwealth Studies and St Antony's College, Oxford
- 1979 – 1984 Part-time consultant and occasional lecturer, University of Manchester
- 1984 – 1985 Honorary resident fellow, International Development Centre and Department of Sociology, University of Manchester
- 1985 – 1991 Lecturer, University of Manchester
- 1992 – 1995 Reader, Development Economics, University of Manchester
- 1995 – 1998 Professor of development studies, University of Manchester
- 1998 – 2000 Special advisor, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
- 1998 – 2000 Member, United Nations Taskforce on Millennium Development Goals
- 2000 – 2012 Professor of Sociology, University of Essex, now Emeritus
- 2008 – 2010 Strategic Res. Bd. Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
- 2012 onwards Advisor, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
Selected publications
Books
- Book: Elson . Diane . Streeten . Paul . Paul Streeten . Diversification and development: the case of coffee . Praeger (Pall Mall Press) . New York London . 1971 . 9780275281915 .
- Book: Elson . Diane . Value: the representation of labour in capitalism . CSE Books . London . 1979 . 9780906336076 .
- Book: Elson . Diane . Pearson . Ruth . Women's employment and multinationals in Europe . Macmillan . Basingstoke England . 1989 . 9780333438770 .
- Book: Elson, Diane . Male bias in the development process (contemporary issues in development studies) . Manchester University Press (USA and Canada – St. Martin's Press) . Manchester New York New York . 1995 . 9780719042300 .
- Book: Elson . Diane . Balakrishnan . Radhika . Radhika Balakrishnan . Economic policy and human rights: holding governments to account . Zed Books, Palgrave Macmillan . London New York . 2011 . 9781848138759 .
- Book: Elson . Diane . Jain . Devaki . Devaki Jain . Harvesting feminist knowledge for public policy rebuilding progress . SAGE International Development Research Centre . New Delhi Thousand Oaks, Calif. Ottawa, ON . 2011 . 9788132107415 .
- Book: Elson . Diane . Fukuda-Parr . Sakiko . Vizard . Polly . Sakiko Fukuda-Parr . Human rights and the capabilities approach: an interdisciplinary dialogue . Routledge . Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon New York . 2012 . 9780415681032 .
- Book: Elson . Diane . Value: the representation of labour in capitalism . Verso Press . London, England . 2015 . 9781784782290.
Journals and booklets
- Book: Elson . Diane . Pearson . Ruth . The latest phase of the internationalisation of capital and its implications for women in the third world (discussion paper) . Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex . 1980 .
- Book: Elson, Diane . Women's work – women's lives. Third World First . 1984 .
- Elson. Diane. Market socialism or socialization of the market?. New Left Review. November–December 1988. 172. The economy of socialism. 1 May 2014.
- Book: Elson, Diane . Budgeting for women's rights: monitoring government budgets for compliance with CEDAW (a summary guide for policy makers, gender equality and human rights advocates) . UNIFEM (UN Women) . UN Women Headquarters . 2006 . Pdf version
- Elson . Diane . Balakrishnan . Radhika . Radhika Balakrishnan . Auditing economic policy in the light of obligations on economic and social rights . Essex Human Rights Review . 5 . 1 . July 2008 .
- Elson . Diane . Balakrishnan . Radhika . Patel . Raj . Radhika Balakrishnan . Raj Patel . Rethinking macro economic strategies from a human rights perspective . . 53 . 1 . 27–36 . 10.1057/dev.2009.83 . March 2010 . 86077721 .
- Book: Elson, Diane . Be outraged: there are alternatives . Oxfam . 2012 . Pdf version
- Book: Elson, Diane . Value: the representation of labour in capitalism . Verso . London . 2015 . 9781784782313 .
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: ELSON, Prof. Diane Rosemary PhD. Who's Who. 1 May 2014.
- Web site: Professor Diane Elson, Department of Sociology. University of Essex. 2 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140502081754/https://www.essex.ac.uk/sociology/staff/profile.aspx?ID=129. 2 May 2014. dead.
- Book: Elson, Diane . Male bias in the development process (contemporary issues in development studies) . Manchester University Press (USA and Canada – St. Martin's Press) . Manchester New York New York . 1995 . 9780719042300 .
- Book: Elson, Diane . Budgeting for women's rights: monitoring government budgets for compliance with CEDAW (a summary guide for policy makers, gender equality and human rights advocates) . UNIFEM (UN Women) . UN Women Headquarters . 2006 .
- Web site: WBG Management Committee. Women's Budget Group. 21 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20131014054931/http://www.wbg.org.uk/about-us/wbg-management-committee/. 14 October 2013. dead.
- Web site: Leontief 2016: Elson & Bhaduri. www.ase.tufts.edu. 2017-02-24.
