POL351H1F L5101
Gender, Politics, and Public Policy in Comparative Perspective
Themes
The aim of this course is to provide an introduction to a broad range of theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of gender and politics including feminist theory and theories of multicultural accommodation. More specifically, lectures will enable students to understand and make connections between gendered representations of modernity, nationalism, colonialism and imperialism in a discursive space within which the questions of feminism and deliberative democracy collide. In this way, the course aims to provide an opportunity to get familiarized with various Western and non-Western feminisms, and with important concepts such as gender, agency, and subjectivity. Theoretical discussions will be illustrated by case studies driven out from both Western societies and developing nations—with emphasis of the latter will mainly be on Middle Eastern nations in particular.
Texts
TBA
Format and Requirements
Class participation, 2 reflection papers and a research paper.
Prerequisites
1.0 credit in POL/ JPA/ JPF/ JPI/ JPR/ JPS/ JRA courses