Module Identifier | IP39620 | ||
Module Title | WOMEN IN THE THIRD WORLD | ||
Academic Year | 2000/2001 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Lucy Taylor | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 8 Hours 8 x 1 hour | |
Seminars / Tutorials | 16 Hours 8 x 2 hour | ||
Assessment | Exam | 2 Hours 1 x 2 hour examination (pre-released) | 50% |
Essay | 1 x Essay Outline (500 words) (structure plus short extract) | 20% | |
Essay | 1 x 2,500 word essay | 30% |
Content
This module examines the role played by women in the society, the economy and the polity of third world countries. The following is a lecture outline of the course; seminar topics will broadly follow those set up in the lectures.
Introduction - theory
Women's economic activity - liberation or double burden?
Women's political roles
Conclusion
Third world, second sex? - women, inequality and resistance.
10 ECTS Credits
Reading Lists
Books
** Recommended Text
Haleh Afshar (ed).
Women and Politics in the Third World.
Georgina Waylen.
Gender and Third World Politics.