The Politics of Gender

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This unit critically engages with global debates and culturally diverse perspectives on gender and politics. Students will deepen their understanding of feminism and gender theories including intersectionality, sexuality, masculinity, and subjectivity. Students consider a range of cases and contexts in examining how gender and sexuality both construct and are constructed by political practices around the world. The unit explores topics such as global feminist movements throughout history and across cultures; gender and public policy; gender, elections and leadership; and gender and political violence.