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Kar

Társadalomtudományi Kar

Szervezet

TÁTK Nemzetközi és Európai Tanulmányok Tanszék

Kód

NTm34-26

Cím

Gender Inequalities in a Global Perspective

Tervezett félév

Tavaszi

ECTS

5

Nyelv

Oktatás célja

The course aims to discuss current issues regarding global gender inequalities. The weekly compulsory reading materials cover various geographical locations to challenge the usual Eurocentric visions about gender and to introduce students to a geographically and geopolitically wider understanding of the concept. Throughout the course, we discuss the concept(s) of gender from a (global) sociological perspective. We examine gender inequalities in relation to global power relations which structure the international (gendered) division of labour. We include concepts like gender identities, gender as a (Eurocentric) political instrument, gender regimes, and the possibilities of decolonization of the concept, social reproduction, and the role of the state. Students are encouraged to take part actively in discussions in class and build their argumentation regarding the topics and concepts of global gender inequalities, which is a chance to improve their argumentation skills.

Tantárgy tartalma

Introduction: Why is gender a Eurocentric concept and how can we overcome this? The recent proliferation of gender identities: what is the sociological background of it? The concept of gender as a political instrument in the EU Decolonizing the Concept of Gender Regime Social Reproduction and International Political Economy Race, class, gender and their intersections Regendering of militarization in Central Eastern Europe The global sex industry The global surrogacy industry and the politics of reproduction How does neoliberalization affect the global LGBT movements and their local branches? How to gender the state? Gender and citizenship in India Women’s autonomy, governance and environmental issues in contemporary China

Számonkérés és értékelés

Students are required to come to class prepared for group discussions based on the mandatory material. The level of preparation will be checked by short weekly pre-class tests on CooSpace. Additionally, students must submit a reflexive lecture diary three times during the semester (see the due dates in the weekly schedule). Further guidelines for compiling the lecture diary are available in a separate document on CooSpace. Following ELTE’s Academic Regulation of Students, in the case of practical courses with 13 training weeks, students can miss 4 classes at most (regardless of the reason for the absence, including medical, family, personal or other reasons). Grading The final grade is composed of the following components and weights: In-class activity and engagement in class discussions: 20% Lecture diaries: altogether 50% (all parts must be submitted to get a grade!) Late submission will be penalized! Pre-class tests: 30%. Each test consists of six short questions (four questions related to the content of the mandatory materials, the fifth is a question the student would like to discuss in class with the others, the sixth requests the student to ask clarification question about the material). At least 6 pre-class tests must be submitted to get a grade, and maximum one additional submission is for collecting extra points. The pre-class test is always due to 24 hours before the class. Score limits and final grades: 85-100% = 5 70-84% = 4 60-69% = 3 50-59% = 2 0-49% = 1 Bear in mind that partial evaluations and the final grade might be subject to a downgrade because of poor English language performance or incorrect citations. Pay attention to your writing, use a spell checker or other language/editing service before the submissions.

Irodalomjegyzék

Oyewumi, Oyeronke. 2002. "Conceptualizing Gender: The Eurocentric Foundations of Feminist Concepts and the Challenge of African Epistemologies.” JENdA: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies 2 (1). https://www.africaknowledgeproject.org/index.php/jenda/article/view/68. Cover, Rob (2019): “The proliferation of gender and sexual identities, categories and labels among young people.” In Peter Aggleton, Rob Cover, Deana Leahy, Daniel Marshall and Mary Lou Rasmussen (eds.) Youth, Sexuality and Sexual Citizenship. London-New York: Routledge. 278-290. Repo, Jemima (2014): “Gender Equality as Biopolitical Governmentality in a Neoliberal European Union.” Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society 23(2): 307-328. Moghadam, Valentine M. (2020): “Gender Regimes in the Middle East and North Africa: The Power of Feminist Movements.” Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society 27 (3): 467–85. https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxaa019. Luxton, Meg (2018): “The production of life itself: gender, social reproduction and IPE.” In Elias, Juanita and Adrienne Roberts (eds): Handbook of the International Political Economy of Gender. Cheltenham: EE Publishing Ltd. 37-49. Mezzadri, Alessandra, Susan Newman, and Sara Stevano. 2022. “Feminist Global Political Economies of Work and Social Reproduction.” Review of International Political Economy 29 (6): 1783–1803. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2021.1957977. Chowdhry, Geeta and Sheila Nair (2002): “Introduction: Power in a postcolonial world: race, gender, and class in international relations.” In Chowdhry, Geeta and Sheila Nair (eds.) Power, Postcolonialism and International Relations. London – New York: Routledge. 1-33. Grzebalska, Weronika. 2021. “Regendering Defence through a National-Conservative Platform? The Case of Polish Paramilitary Organizing.” Critical Military Studies, September, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/23337486.2021.1977888. Vertommen, Sigrid, and Camille Barbagallo. 2022. “The in/Visible Wombs of the Market: The Dialectics of Waged and Unwaged Reproductive Labour in the Global Surrogacy Industry.” Review of International Political Economy 29 (6): 1945–66. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2020.1866642. Mikulak, Magdalena. 2019. “Between the Market and the Hard Place: Neoliberalization and the Polish LGBT Movement.” Social Movement Studies 18 (5): 550–65. https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2019.1598353. Muehlenhoff, Hanna L. 2019. “Neoliberal Governmentality and the (de)Politicisation of LGBT Rights: The Case of the European Union in Turkey.” Politics 39 (2): 202–17. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263395718770890. Wilkonson, Cai (2018): Mother Russia in Queer Peril. The Gender Logic of the Hypermasculine State. In Parashar, Swati, J. Ann Tickner and Jacqui True (eds.) Revisiting Gendered States. Feminist Imaginings of the State in International Relations.  Oxford University Press. 105-121. Roy, Anupama (2022): Gender and Citizenship in India. In Fernandes, Leela (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Gender in South Asia. Oxon – New York: Routledge. 87-103 Du, Yanqiang, Neil Ravenscroft, Yan Wang, and Pingyang Liu. 2019. “Governance, Gender and the Appropriation of Natural Resources: A Case Study of ‘Left-Behind’ Women’s Collective Action in China.” Society & Natural Resources 32 (4): 382–99. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2018.1556757.

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