WS 206 - Women in The Global Economy

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Cerritos College

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Class hours: 3.0 Lecture Recommendation: ENGL 100. This course is an introduction to the global economy from the perspectives of women in the Third World. Drawing from various disciplinary fields such as economics, history, political science, anthropology and postcolonial studies, it examines critically the processes of globalization that impact the multiple identities and oppressions which shape women's lives with respect to race, gender, class, and culture. This course studies the consequences of strategies of modernization and neocolonialism employed by economic development such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the lives of women in the developing countries and the surrounding ecological environment. This course is not open to students who have received credit in ECON 102. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.cerritos.edu

Phone Number:

(562) 860-2451

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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