PSIR 560 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Political Science and International Relations (With Thesis)

Course Name

Gender Politics

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
PSIR 560	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	7.5

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Elective
Course Level	Second Cycle
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	-
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	-
Course Lecturer(s)	Prof. Dr. Filiz BAŞKAN
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives

This course aims to introduce students to gender related issues in political science. Issues such as inequality, patriarchy, representation in political life will be discussed in different contexts.

Learning Outcomes

The students who succeeded in this course;

To explain the political and economic context of struggles around gender issues
To utilize feminist methodologies
To analyze the institutional nature of feminist movements and struggles
To comprehend the interaction between religion and culture

Course Description

Issues such as representation, political participation, women’s, men’s and LGBT organizations, development, and economic distribution will be addressed from a gendered point of view. A comparison of different countries will also be made to give students insight into the developed vs developing world when it comes to gender.

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses	X
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation	Learning Outcome
1	Introduction
2	Conceptual Framework	Lorber, Part I, Producing Gender, Chapters 1 & 4
3	Gender in Every Day Life	Lorber Part II, Gender in Practice, Chapters 6 & 9
4	Gender Politics	Lorber Part III, The Politics of Gender, Chapters 10 & 11
5	Gender and Global Governance	Meyer and Prugl, Chapter 1 Gender Politics and Global Governance
6	Gender and the State	Gender and the State – R.W. Connell, Citizenship and Gender – Ruth Lister
7	Feminist Movement I	Meyer and Prugl, Chapter 6 Nongovernmental Organizations: An Alternative Power Base for Women? (Irene Tinker), Meyer and Prugl, Chapter 17 Of Roots, Leaves, and Trees: Gender, Social Movements, and Global Governance (Deborah Stienstra)
8	Feminist Movement II	Meyer and Prugl, Chapter 8 International Women’s Activism and the 1994 Cairo Population Conference (Amy J. Higer), Meyer and Prugl, Chapter 11 The United Nations Women’s Conferences and Feminist Politics (Lois A. West)
9	Midterm
10	Women’s Rights as Human Rights	Meyer and Prugl, Chapter 9 Shaping the Human Rights Agenda: The Case of Violence Against Women (Jutta Joachim), Meyer and Prugl, Chapter 10 Realizing Women’s Human Rights: Nongovernmental Organizations and the United Nations Treaty Bodies (Alice M. Miler)
11	Gender and Economy	Meyer and Prugl, Chapter 12 What Is a Worker? Gender, Global Restructuring, and the ILO Convention on Homework (Elisabeth Prugl), Meyer and Prugl, Chapter 13 Women in the Neoliberal “Frame” (Anne Sisson Runyan)
12	Gender and Islam	Moghadam, Chapter 3 Modernizing Women, Reforms, Revolutions, and the Woman Question Zurayk and Saadeh, Women as Mobilizers of Human Resources in Arab Countries Mernissi, Muslim Women and Fundamentalism
13	Gender in Turkey	Marshall, Ideology, Progress and Dialogue: A Comparison of Feminist and Islamist Women’s Approaches to the Issue of Head Covering and Work in Turkey, Kagitcibasi, Status of Women in Turkey: A CrossCultural Perspective
14	The Feminist Movement in Popular Culture	Brunsdon, Charlotte, “The Feminist in the Kitchen: Martha, Martha and Nigella”, Hermes, Joke, “’Ally McBeal’, ‘Sex and the City’ and the Tragic Success of Feminism
15	Conclusion & Review	Lorber, Part I, Producing Gender, Chapters 1 & 4
16	Review of the Semester

Course Notes/Textbooks

• Meyer, Mary K., and Elisabeth Prugl, Gender Politics in Global Governance, Rowman and Littlefield, 1999.

• Lorber, Judith, Paradoxes of Gender, Yale University Press, 1994. • Rubery, Jill, Mark Smith and Colette Fagan, Women’s Employment in Europe: Trends and Prospects, Routledge, 1999.

• Moghadam, Valentine M. , Modernizing Women: Gender and Social Change in the Middle East, Rienner, 1993.

• Zurayk, Huda C., and Fadia Saadeh, “Women as Mobilizers of Human Resources in Arab Countries”, in Khoury, Nabil F., and Valentine M. Moghadam, Gender and Development in the Arab World, Zed Books, 1995.

• Hollows, Joanne and Rachel Moseley, Feminism in Popular Culture, Berg 2007.

• Tickner, J. Ann, Gendering World Politics, Columbia, 2001.

• Mernissi, Fatima, “Muslim Women and Fundamentalism”, Middle East Report, n153, 1988, 811.

• Marshall, Gul Aldikacti, “Ideology, Progress and Dialogue: A Comparison of Feminist and Islamist Women’s Approaches to the Issue of Head Covering and Work in Turkey”, Gender and Society, v19 n1, 2005, 104120.

• Kagitcibasi, Cigdem, “Status of Women in Turkey: A CrossCultural Perspective”, International Journal of Middle East Studies, v18 n4, 1986, 485499.

• Enloe, Cynthia, Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics, University of California Press, 2000.

• Yuval -Davis, Nira, Gender and Nation, Sage Publications, 1997.

All course readings are available at the University Library and as open sources.

Suggested Readings/Materials

Further readings will be assigned as necessary during the course

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project	1	15
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm	1	35
Final Exam	1	40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	3	60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	40
Total

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class	13	7	91
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments			0
Presentation / Jury			0
Project	1	30	30
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	1	25	25
Final Exam	1	31	31
		Total	225

#	PC Sub	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	PC Sub	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to improve theoretical and conceptual proficiencies on Political Science and International Relations and use them competently.		-	-	X	-	-
2	To be able to evaluate critically the relationships between various factors in the field of Political Science and International Relations such as structures, actors, institutions and culture.		-	-	-	X	-
3	To be able to determine and question the theoretical and empirical gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature.		-	-	X	-	-
4	To be able to identify the political and cultural conditions that generate discrimination mechanisms based on race, ethnicity, gender and religion at national and international levels.		-	-	-	X	-
5	To be able to gather and analyze data by using scientific research methods.		-	-	-	-	-
6	To be able to analyze and evaluate the historical continuity and changes observed in the relations between the actors and institutions of national and international politics.		-	-	X	-	-
7	To be able to present individual research and contemporary developments in Political Science and International Relations in written, oral, and visual forms.		-	-	-	-	-
8	To be able to take responsibility in generating solutions to the problems that arise in relation to the politics in daily life.		-	-	-	-	-
9	To be able to determine the institutional and political instruments for conflict resolution in domestic and international politics.		-	-	-	-	-
10	To be able to prepare a thesis/term project about Political Science and International Relations based on scientific criteria.		-	-	-	-	-
11	To be able to follow new research and developments in Political Science and International Relations and participate the debates in academic meetings through a foreign language.		-	-	-	-	-
12	To be able to have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of gathering, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data relevant to Political Science and International Relations.		-	-	-	-	-

PSIR 560 | Course Introduction and Application Information

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