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2018-2019 Academic Catalogue 
    
2018-2019 Academic Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

POL 331 - Gender and Development (International Relations & Comparative Government) (1)

This course will critically investigate the complex ways in which gender relationships shape history, ideology, economy, and polity in developing countries. The role and status of Asian women will be examined to enable students to compare and contrast non-Western experiences with Western experiences. The forces of modernity and the impact on colonialism will also be discussed especially in relation to the economic and political conditions of the non-Western world and development. This course also counts towards the GSS major. Prerequisite: POL 143 . Alternate years.
(Social Science)