Postgraduate Course: Gender and International Relations (PGSP11237)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course demonstrates that gender is a constitutive force enabling security practices, global capitalism, and power politics. In other words, gender makes possible international politics and economics in their current form. It introduces feminist approaches and considers the role gender plays in war, militarization, conflict prevention and resolution, and new security and development challenges. Through examining gender as a central issue in war, peace and global politics, this course will fill both a substantive and methodological gap in the IEP MSc.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
This course examines various critiques raised by feminists of the mainstream discipline of international relations, ranging from the practical (issues such as war, security, the international economy, human rights, development, peacekeeping and conflict resolution), to the theoretical (such as whether international relations theories are gendered and, if so, how this might affect their explanations and understandings of and prescriptions for conduct in global affairs). It aims to explore the implications for IR of taking gender seriously, and to illustrate what feminist approaches contribute to our understanding of issues in world politics. At the end of the course, students will have a good understanding of gender as a category of analysis in relation to issues in world politics. They will be familiar with and be able to reflect critically on feminist thinking on war, militarism, the global economy, human rights and development. They will also explore the relationship between feminist and mainstream approaches to IR.
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Assessment Information
| Two essays each around 2000 words |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Claire Duncanson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4624
Email: C.P.Duncanson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Gillian Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 3244
Email: gillian.macdonald@ed.ac.uk |
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