GNDR2081 — Gender and Public Power
GNDR 2081 - Gender and Public Power GNDR 2081 - Gender and Public Power Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab None Course Description: This course will apply a gendered analysis to three sites of public power the business, governmental, and non-profit sectors as well as grassroots initiatives. We will look at historical change in women’s and men’s relative status, as well as changes in ideas about masculinity and femininity. Specific issues, such as gender-based violence, reproductive rights, gender and work, education, the family, and poverty will serve as case studies to illustrate and delve more deeply into the workings of public power. Differences among women and among men will guide our inquiry. MnTC Goals 5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 9 Ethical/Civic Responsibility analyze social and cultural assumptions about power in terms of gender. apply theories of public power to analyze specific issues. articulate changes over time in men’s and women’s relative status regarding access to and exercise of public power. articulate the roles of grassroots collective action, legislation, the judiciary, and the electorate in effecting changes in distributive power across gender lines. articulate theories of public power and what a gendered analysis of public power involves. evaluate how feminist scholarship changes traditional interpretations of public power. Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6) 05. 02. Examine social institutions an
Prerequisites: ENGL1020, ENGL1021