IS 432 - Women, Activism, and Social Change

Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Credit Hours: 3

This course will investigate the relationship among gender, policy, politics, and society and provides an overview of the major debates concerning women and politics in comparative perspective. The gendered character of citizenship, political participation, representation, as well as social and economic rights will be examined in order to explore how women’s political efforts have given rise to the creation of counter-public spheres and alternative visions of democracy, social provision and economic participation.