Gender and Development (SY0057)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : SPS-P-SYGD

Gender studies and development studies are both interdisciplinary in orientation, and touch on issues as diverse as work and family life, health and population, labour and international economic change. It is now widely recognised that pervasive pre-existing gender inequalities mean that development processes have differential effects on women and men. Early feminist critiques emphasised the marginal position of women in development and advocated their integration. More recently, critiques have argued that women's marginality reflects the systematic gender bias in official statistics and development planning in general, and that women are already affected by and involved in development, although in locally variable and class specific ways.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of Social and Political Studies), (School of Social and Political Studies, Schedule J)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

o Knowledge of the main theoretical approaches used in gender analysis of development issues and their links to wider social and political change;
o Awareness of the interplay between regional cultures, social change and development intervention in terms of differential impact on women, men, girls and boys;
o Competence in assessing gender issues in international development research and practice from a sociological perspective;
o An understanding of the value of comparative analysis using quantitative and qualitative data;