Course Info: CSI-0139
| Course | CSI-0139 Gender & Economic Development |
| Long Title | Gender and Economic Development |
| Term | 2019S |
| Note(s) |
Satisfies Distribution Textbook information |
| Meeting Info | Franklin Patterson Hall 107 on M,W from 1:00-2:20 |
| Faculty | Lynda Pickbourn-Smith |
| Capacity | 23 |
| Available | 16 |
| Waitlist | 0 |
| Distribution(s) |
Power, Community and Social Justice |
| Cumulative Skill(s) | Multiple Cultural Perspectives Quantitative Skills Writing and Research |
| Additional Info | Students are expected to spend 6-8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time. |
| Description | This course examines the often contradictory impacts of economic development on gender relations in developing countries. The course begins with an introduction to alternative approaches to economics and to economic development, focusing on the differences between neoclassical and feminist economics. We will then go on to examine and critique the theoretical frameworks that have shaped the gender perspective in economic development. This will be followed by an exploration of the impacts of economic development policy on men and women and on gender relations in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Special topics will include the household as a unit of analysis; women's unpaid labor, the gendered impacts of economic restructuring and economic crisis; post-conflict reconstruction; microcredit; agriculture and agricultural policy; the feminization of the labor force in the formal and informal sectors of the global economy. Students are required to post weekly reading reflections to an online forum, comment on the posts of their colleagues, and collaborate with other students on a semster-long group research project. |