WMST2017 Gender, Globalisation and International Development

2016

4.5

1 x 1-hour tutorial weekly
1 x 1-hour seminar weekly

1 of WMST2003, WMST8003 has been successfully completed

Associated majors: Women's Studies; Asian Studies; Development Studies

Associate minor: Latin American Studies

Bachelor of Archaeology

The topic will be an introduction to some of the principal issues related to the question of gender and development in what are called 'Third World' countries. Students will be looking at Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East and the comparative experiences of women will be taken into account at various stages of the course. The topic will explore empirical studies of women's lives in the contemporary Third World and theoretical perspectives which have been used to elucidate specific aspects of those lives. The underlying goal will be to understand the relationship between development and gender relations in different developing societies.

The aim of this topic is to offer an introduction to some of the principal issues related to the question of gender and development in what are called 'Third World' countries and will focus on Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. The comparative experiences of non-western women will be taken in to account at various stages of this topic. The topic will explore empirical studies of women's lives contemporary 'Third World' and the theoretical perspectives which have been used to elucidate specific aspects of those lives. The underlying goal will be to understand the relationship between development and gender relations in different developing societies.

On successful completion of this topic students should be able to:

• critically evaluate the principal theories/modes of explanation for considering difference and gender development issues in the contemporary world
• research gender issues in relation to international development/contemporary development practice and present findings verbally and in written form, in accordance with good scholarly practice
• identify/demonstrate ways non-western women are disempowered in culturally specific social, economic and political circumstances both within their own countries and beyond national borders