Government 325 - SEMINAR IN COMPARATIVE GOVT

Topics course. This course aims to introduce students to "women" and "gender" as political concepts and uncover diverse approaches to studying women in the context of local, national and transnational politics. We explore feminist policy, activism and methodology alongside global research conceptualizing women as an interest group with a specific focus on the developing world. Our topics include transnational women's movements, women's rights, the advent of gendered institutions such as quotas and gender mainstreaming and the role of women in international governance. In the second portion of the course we focus on women's movements in the global south in comparative perspective as well as broader issues such as women and conflict, women and economic development, women trafficking, and transnationalist feminist advocacy.

Topic: Women and Politics. Instructor permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores