POLS 3411 Gender and Political Theory

(Prior to Fall 2010, this course was known as POL 78.3.
The information below might still reflect the old course numbers. Bracketed numbers, if any, are the old course numbers. Learn more...)

3 hours; 3 credits

Analysis of political concepts of identity, power, citizenship, race, nation, and class in relation to gender and sexuality. Examination of the way ideologies of gender are deployed within the political theory tradition. Sameness/difference debate, identifying the forms of gender-based domination and resistance, and antiracist approaches to feminism. This course is the same as Women?s Studies 3356 [40].

Prerequisite: Core Studies 3 or Core Curriculum 1230 [2.3] or Political Science *1001 [1.51] or 1002 [1.7].

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