Area: | Department of Social Work and Social Policy |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
Seminar: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Women/men and the development process - gender and power relations across different cultures, races/ethnicity and classes, variable impact of colonialism and neo-colonialism/development on gender relations, gendered patterns of internal/external migration, effects of urban and rural development on gender and gender planning. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Reviewed the politics and policies of the development process from a gender - sensitive perspective. Examined how gender is variously conceptualised and in actioned. Examined the impact of colonialism, revolution/independence, authoritarian governance and democratisation and neo-colonialism/development initiatives to date on women, in both urban and rural environments. Explored the intersections of culture, race/ethnicity and class with gender and development. Examined the role of local/women's organisations and international aid agencies and the United Nations in addressing issues of gender and development. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | World Development (Journal). Gender and Development (Journal). Center for Development and Population Activities. (1996), Gender equity: concepts and tools for development. United Nations (1996), Platform for Action and the Beijing Declaration. |
Unit Texts: | Waylen, G (1996) Gender in the Third World Politics, Open Unversity Press. Marchand M & Parpart J (eds) (1997) Feminism/Postmodersim/Development, Routledge. Elson D (ed) (1995) Male Bias in the Development Process, Manchester University Press. Jackson C and Pearson R (eds) (1998) Feminist Vision of Development: Gender Analysis and Policy, Routledge. Kabeer N (1994) Reversed realtities: Gender Hierachies in Development Thought, Verso. Staudt K (ed) (1996) Women, International Development and Poltitics: The Buraucratic Mire, Temple Univeristy Press. Visvanathan, N (eds) (1997) The Women, Gender and Development Reader, Zed Books. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Major paper 70%, Tutorial presentation and paper 30%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 90501 Social Work | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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