Course Description

PO320 Women and Politics 0.5

An introduction to the predominant schools of feminist analysis – liberal, radical, Marxist, socialist, postmodern and global feminisms – and how they relate to selected topics of concern to contemporary feminists. These topics may include political representation, the sexual division of labour, pay equity, cultural representations of women, abortion, affirmative action and the sex industry.

Prerequisite: Either PO205 and PO206 or PO263 and P0264 (or permission of the department).

Exclusion: PO310c.

DRAFT electronic version updated at 1:45 p.m. January 30, 2003

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