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| Code | UİY743 |
| Name | Gender in International Relations |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Semester | . Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 5 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Yüksek Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Doç. Dr. MARELLA BODUR ÜN |
Course Goal / Objective
This course offers an introduction to a way of analyzing international relations that takes gender seriously as an analytical category. It intends to introduce students to feminist approaches to the study of global politics. It looks look at where women are in international practice and its theorization, and what it means to bring gender into the frame of international relations and its study. It aims to examine the implications for IR theory of taking feminism seriously, to illustrate what feminist approaches contribute to our understanding of issues in global politics.
Course Content
This course offers an introduction to a way of analyzing international relations that takes gender seriously as an analytical category. It aims to understand how gender matters in many facets of international relations such as war and peace, security, foreign policy, international economy, development, nationalism and identity and globalization.
Course Precondition
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Resources
Cynthia Enloe, Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics,1989.
Notes
Jan Jindy Pettman, Worlding Women,1996,
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Examine and critique international relations and global processes from a gender perspective. |
| LO02 | Identify and explore different strands of feminist IR theory |
| LO03 | Demonstrate their knowledge of contributions of feminist IR scholarship on substantive issue areas in IR (such as war, peace, and security; international political economy and development; global governance and social movements etc) |
| LO04 | Analyze the concept of gender. |
| LO05 | Re-examines concepts specific to the disciplines of IR and Political Science from a gender perspective. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Has the conceptual and theoretical competence to explain the phenomena in the disciplines of Political Science and International Relations. | 5 |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Has sufficient knowledge about basic conceptual approaches used in the field of social sciences. | |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Develops skills of defining and analyzing the international, regional and national oriented issues, producing appropriate conflict-resolution techniques and negotiation skills. | 4 |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Uses the collected data to explain social phenomena. | 3 |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Analyzes the interactions between concepts, phenomena and events in the field of social sciences in an interdisciplinary context. | 5 |
| PLO06 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Learns taking responsibility, leading and working effectively individually and/or in a team. | 4 |
| PLO07 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Being aware of the significance of lifelong learning, follows current developments in their field and improves herself/himself. | |
| PLO08 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Gains the ability to benefit from various sources within the framework of academic rules in a field of study, to synthesize the information he/she has obtained, and to effectively present it. | 4 |
| PLO09 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Questions traditional approaches, practices and methods. | 5 |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Recognizes and applies social, scientific and ethical values. | |
| PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Develops critical thinking skills. | 5 |
| PLO12 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Identifies the international and national issues by methodologies used in the disciplines of Political Science and International Relations; chooses the appropriate analysis techniques across the issues and applies the appropriate empirical studies. |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: Why Study Gender and International Relations | Cynthia Enloe, Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics,1989, pp.1-18; A. Tickner and L Sjoberg, Feminism in Dunne, Kurki, Smith (eds), International Relations Theories (2010) | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 2 | Sex, Gender and Global Politics | V. Spike Peterson and Anne Sisson Runyan, Gender as a Lens on World Politics, in Peterson and Runyan, Global Gender Issues, Westview, 1993. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 3 | Feminist Encounters with IR I | Marysia Zalewski, Feminist Theory and International Relations in M. Bowker and R. Brown (eds.) From Cold War to Collapse, 1993. Gillian Youngs, Feminist International Relations: a contradiction in terms, International Affairs 80,1: 75-87. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 4 | Feminist Encounters with IR II | A.Tickner, You Just Dont Understand: Troubled Engagements between Feminists and IR Theorists, International Studies Quarterly 41, 4: 611-632. R.Keohane, Beyond Dichotomy: Conversations between IR and Feminist Theory, ISQ 42, 1: 193-198. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 5 | Feminist Perspectives on War, Peace and Security | V.S.Peterson, Security and Sovereign States: What Is at Stake in Taking Feminism Seriously, Gendered States; I Young, The Logic of Masculinist Protection, Signs (2003) ; S..Cheldelin, Gender and Conflict: What Do We Know in Women, War and Violence, 2015. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 6 | Gender, War and Militarism: Feminist Perspectives | M.Baaz and M.Stern, Why Do Soldiers Rape, International Studies Quarterly 53, 2 (2009), 495-518. Ç.AydınKoyuncu, Chechen Female Suicide Bombers, Alternatif Politika, 3 (2): 179-197. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 7 | Peacemaking and Peacekeeping: Feminist Perspectives | Claire Duncanson, Forces for Good, Narratives of Military Masculinity in Peacekeeping Operations, International Feminist Journal of Politics 11:1 (2009), pp. 63-80. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Research | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
| 9 | Feminist Perspectives on Human Security | Jennifer Lobasz, Beyond Border Security: Feminist Approaches to Human Trafficking, Security Studies 18, 2 (2009), pp.319-344. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 10 | Gender and Global Political Economy | Jan Jindy Pettman, Worlding Women,1996, chps 8, 9. Saskia Sassen, Counter-geographies of Globalization, Feminization of Survival, in Kriemild Saunders (ed.) Feminist Post-Development Thought, chp.4. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 11 | Global Women's Activism | Myra M.Ferree, Globalization and Feminism: Opportunities and Obstacles for Activism in the Global Arena in Ferree and Tripp (eds), Global Feminism, 2006, C.Eschle and B.Maiguashca, Making Feminist Sense of the Global Justice Movement, chps 1, 2. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 12 | Student Presentation-1 | Research | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Bireysel Çalışma, Proje Temelli Öğrenme |
| 13 | Student Presentations-2 | Research | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Bireysel Çalışma, Proje Temelli Öğrenme |
| 14 | Student Presentations-3 | Research | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Bireysel Çalışma, Proje Temelli Öğrenme |
| 15 | Student Presentations-4 | Research | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Bireysel Çalışma, Proje Temelli Öğrenme |
| 16 | Course review | Research | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
| 17 | Term Exams | Research | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev, Proje / Tasarım |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 114 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 4,56 | ||
| ECTS | 5 ECTS | ||