Agneta Stark

{{short description|Swedish feminist economist}}

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| nationality = Swedish

| institution = Dalarna University, Sweden

| field = Heterodox economics including feminist economics

| alma_mater = Stockholm School of Economics Stockholm University

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Agneta Stark (born 9 February 1946),{{cite book|title=Table of content, Biography of Ms Agenta STARK, Professor of economics, Sweden - support document for "Equal pay for work of equal value" event, interparliamentary committee meeting, International Women's Day 2012|date=March 2012|publisher=European Parliament: Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)|location=Brussels|page=8|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/document/activities/cont/201203/20120314ATT40842/20120314ATT40842EN.pdf|accessdate=3 July 2014 }} [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/document/activities/cont/201202/20120216ATT38375/20120216ATT38375EN.pdf Pdf programme of the event] was the vice chancellor of Dalarna University in Sweden from 2004-2010.{{cite book|title=Dalarna University: Vision and goals 2010 - 2015 (Foreword by the Vice Chancellor, Agneta Stark)|publisher=Dalarna University|url=http://www.du.se/Global/dokument/policydocuments/Organizational%20Goals%20and%20Finances/Vision%20and%20Goals.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009010101/http://www.du.se/Global/dokument/policydocuments/Organizational%20Goals%20and%20Finances/Vision%20and%20Goals.pdf|accessdate=3 July 2014 |url-status=dead|archivedate=9 October 2013}} Previously, Stark served as president of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) (2012-2013){{cite web|title=Past presidents|url=http://www.iaffe.org/pages/about-iaffe/board-members/|publisher=International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE)|accessdate=11 June 2014}} and as vice chair of the Association of Swedish Higher Education.{{cite web|title=Stark, Agneta |url=http://www.ehea-journal.eu/index.php?option=com_steckbriefe&task=view&contact_id=81&Itemid=192 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714145232/http://www.ehea-journal.eu/index.php?option=com_steckbriefe&task=view&contact_id=81&Itemid=192 |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 July 2014 |publisher=Journal of the European Higher Education Area |accessdate=3 July 2014 }}

The main areas of research that she covers are economic theory, accounting theory, and also, gender and economic change.

Education

Stark gained her economics degree from the Stockholm School of Economics. She also earned an LL. M. and a doctorate in business administration from Stockholm University.

Honours

In 2004 Karlstad University awarded Agneta Stark an honorary doctorate.{{cite web | last=((Reuterstrand)) | first=Siri | title=Agneta Stark new honorary doctor at Karlstad University | url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=http://www.jmg.gu.se/Aktuellt/Nyheter/fulltext//agneta-stark-ny-hedersdoktor-vid-karlstads-universitet.cid917399&prev=/search%3Fq%3DAgneta%2BStark%2BLink%25C3%25B6pings%2Buniversitet.%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DCxn%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official|publisher=University of Gothenburg | accessdate=3 July 2014 | date=12 May 2004 }}

Selected publications

  • {{cite book|ref=none | last1 = Stark-Frösslund | first1 = Agneta | last2 = Gröjer | first2 = Jan-Erik | title = The State of Social Accounting | publisher = Swedish Council for Social Science Research | location = Sweden | year = 1974 | oclc = 187132835 }} In Swedish as: {{cite book | last1 = Stark | first1 = Agneta | last2 = Gröjer | first2 = Jan-Erik | title = Social redovisning (Volume 1 of Naeringsliv och samhaelle) | publisher = Studieförbundet Näringsliv och Samhäll | location = Sweden | year = 1978 }}
  • {{cite book|ref=none | last = Stark | first = Agneta | title = Halva makten - hela lönen | publisher = Bonnier | location = Sweden | year = 1994 | isbn = 9789100559700 }}
  • {{cite book|ref=none | last = Stark | first = Agneta | title = Rent ekonomiskt?: om kvinnor och män, siffror och pengar | publisher = Bonnier | location = Stockholm | year = 1995 | isbn = 9100561053 }}
  • {{cite book|ref=none | last = Stark | first = Agneta | title = Ljusnande framtid eller ett långt farväl?: den svenska välfärdsstaten i jämförande belysning : rapport till Utredningen om fördelningen av ekonomisk makt och ekonomiska resurser mellan kvinnor och män | publisher = Fritzes Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet | location = Stockholm | year = 1997 | isbn = 9138206765 }}
  • {{cite book|ref=none | last1 = Stark | first1 = Agneta | last2 = Hamrén | first2 = Robert | title = Frivilligarbetets kön: kvinnor, män och frivilligt arbete: en översikt | publisher = Svenska kommunförb. Importancia distributör | location = Stockholm Uppsala | year = 2000 | isbn = 9789170999284 }}
  • {{cite book|ref=none | last1 = Stark | first1 = Agneta | last2 = Folbre | first2 = Nancy | last3 = Shaw | first3 = Lois | author-link2 = Nancy Folbre | title = Warm hands in cold age: gender and aging | publisher = Routledge | location = London | year = 2007 | isbn = 9780415396769 }}
  • {{cite book|ref=none | last1 = Stark | first1 = Agneta | last2 = Kabeer | first2 = Naila | last3 = Magnus | first3 = Edda | author-link2 = Naila Kabeer | title = Global perspectives on gender equality reversing the gaze | publisher = Routledge | location = New York | year = 2008 | isbn = 9780203938386 }}

See also

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