GOVT332

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GOVT332

Women in World Politics GOVT332 FA

Next Offered in 9798 FA

This course addresses two questions: where are the women in world politics and would our understanding of international relations change if we incorporated feminist methodologies? We will consider how global politics structure women's lives and how women participate in and respond to international relations. We will also explore a variety of tools that feminist scholars can use to study gender issues. Among the topics we will cover are: feminist theories of international relations, women and war, gender in the foreign policy-making process, women in the world economy, and women's rights as human rights.

MAJOR READINGS

V. Spike Peterson and Anne Sisson Runyan, GLOBAL GENDER
ISSUES
J. Ann Tickner, GENDER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Jean Bethke Elshtain, WOMEN AND WAR
Nancy McGlenn and Meredith Reid Sarkees, WOMEN IN FOREIGN
POLICY
Cynthia Enloe, THE MORNING AFTER: SEXUAL POLITICS AT THE END
OF THE COLD WAR

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Several medium-sized papers, a midterm, and a final examination.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS GOVT

Prerequisites: GOVT155

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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