WGST 343 - Civil Lib:Class Race & Gender

Institution:

Gonzaga University

Subject:

WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES

Description:

Civil liberties are the legal face of democratic politics key issue: how combine majority rule and cultural pluralism and protection of individual rights? Begin with study of traditional civil liberties: tension between protecting individual rights and majority power in a democracy. Next how that traditional understanding overlooks justice for individuals not mainstream. Then in depth focus on two groupsAfrican Americans and womenwith books arguing why the traditional understanding of civil liberties fails to do justice.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.gonzaga.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 328-4220

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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