COMPARATIVE POLITICS: AREAS 49.04 - Gender Politics in Latin America

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Dartmouth College

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10W: 10 The seminar will introduce students to recent scholarship on gender politics in Latin America in the 20th century, a field of study that has exploded in the past two decades. The goal of the seminar is to understand the ways in gender affects politics, and vice-versa. What does it mean to use gender as a category of analysis in political science How do norms about masculinity and femininity shape public policy, legislative behavior and foreign relations Under what conditions will people mobilize on the basis of their gender identity or sexual orientation Readings will focus on a range of countries throughout the region. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Baldez.

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3.00

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Lecture

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www.dartmouth.edu

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(603) 646-1110

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Quarter

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