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POLS2086 Gender Globalisation and Development

Later Year Course

Offered By School of Cultural Inquiry
Academic Career Undergraduate
Course Subject Political Science
Offered in POLS2086 will not be offered in 2010
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

This course brings together 'development' and 'globalisation' literatures, with particular attention to women's experiences and gender relations. It begins with an analysis of 'women and development' and its subsequent manifestations. It pursues a gendered critique of international political economy, and intensifying globalisation processes. It then focuses on particular aspects of contemporary global political economy, including the feminisation of the global assembly line, labour migration, the international political economy of sex, and transnational political organising for women's and workers' rights.

Indicative Assessment

Tutorial participation, written work, and a course review.

Workload 22 hours of lectures and 10 hours of tutorials.
Areas of Interest Political Sciences
Requisite Statement

Two first-year courses in Political Science when taken as a Political Science course or any 12 first-year units when taken as a Gender, Sexuality and Culture course.

Incompatibility

POLS2068 Gender and International Politics

Preliminary Reading

* Amrita Basu, The Challenge of Local Feminisms, Westview, Boulder, 1995
* Gita Sen and Caren Grown, Development, Crises and Alternative Visions: Third World Women's Perspectives, Review Press, New York, 1987

Majors/Specialisations International Relations, Political Science, Gender, Sexuality and Culture, and Development Studies
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