GENDER ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

PSIR565

Course Code: PSIR565
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree Without Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Nazlı Şenses Özcan

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Acquire knowledge on feminist IR theory;
Develop the theoretical and methodological skills to offer critical elaboration on international politics
Acquire knowledge to analyze international politics with a gender perspective
Acquire knowledge to relate gender to the issues that aretraditionally defined within the scope of international relations.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

No recommended optional programme components.

Course Description

The course deals with the conjunction points between International Relations and Gender Studies. The mainstream theoretical perspectives of international relations have not covered the gender phenomenon. However, the acknowledgement of gender as a variable cutting across national, regional and international levels has contributed to the political perspectives towards international politics and policy suggestions. This contribution comprises the general scope of this course. From this point of view, the main themes of the International Relations discipline are analyzed by the analytical tools provided by the Gender Perspective.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction: Looking at Gender
2^nd Week	Feminist Theories and Epistemologies
3^rd Week	International Relations Theories and Gendered Approaches I
4^th Week	International Relations Theories and Gendered Approaches II
5^th Week	The Nation-State as a Gendered Structure
6^th Week	War and Peace from a Gender Perspective
7^th Week	Gender, Security, and Conflict
8^th Week	Gendering Globalization: Global Governance
9^th Week	A Feminist Perspective on International Political Economy I: Gender and Development
10^th Week	A Feminist Perspective on International Political Economy II: Gender and Neoliberal Globalization
11^th Week	The Place of Women in International Relations I: Sex Trafficking
12^th Week	The Place of Women in International Relations II: Global Feminism
13^th Week	The Place of Women in International Relations III: Women and Peace Movements
14^th Week	Presentations

Recommended or Required Reading

J. A. Tickner, Gendering World Politics: Issues and Approaches in the Post-Cold War Era, Columbia University Press, 2001.
C. Enloe, Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives, University of California Press, 2000.
C. Hooper, Manly States: Masculinities, International Relations and Gender Politics, Columbia University Press, 2001.
L. Beneria, Gender, Development and Globalization: Development as if All People Mattered, Routledge, 2003.
R. Keohane, "Beyond Dichotomy: Conversations Between International Relations and Feminist Theory," International Studies Quarterly, 42(1) (1998).
C. Sylvester, Feminist International Relations: An Unfinished Journey, Cambridge University Press 2002.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Assignment	3	30
Project	1	40
Total(%)		70
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		70
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		30
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	4	56
Preparation for Final exam	1	50	50
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	3	3
Homework	3	40	120
Project	1	50	50
Total Work Load			321
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.7
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4
K1	X	X		X
K2
K3
K4			X
K5
K6
K7	X	X	X	X
K8	X	X	X	X