ÇAĞ UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
Learning Outcomes of the
Course
Code
Course Title
Credit
ECTS
IRE334
Gender in International Relations
3 (3-0-3)
6
Prerequisites
None
Language of Instruction
Mode of Delivery
English
Face to face
Type and Level of Course
Elective/3.Year/Spring Semester
Lecturers
Name(s)
Contacts
Lecture Hours
Office Hours
Course Coordinator Julia Richardson
juliarichardson@cag.
Tuesday
Tues. 13-15
edu.tr
9-12
Wed. 10-12
Course Objective
The objective of this course is to introduce gender as a key concept and as a category of analysis
in International Relations. The intention is to interrogate ways of knowing and the making of
knowledge claims. A further goal is to apply gender in the analysis of current issues in
contemporary politics and to look at the diffusion of international gender norms.
Relationship
Students who have completed the course successfully should
be able to:
Prog. Output
Net Effect
1
describe gender as a category of analysis and key concept
7
5
2
explain the gendered nature of key international relations
7,8
5,4
concepts
3
analyse international relations theories from a gender
7,8
5,5
perspective
4
identify processes of norm diffusion and internalisation
8, 10
3,4
5
analyse security claims from a gender perspective
8,9
3,4
6
evaluate current issues in world politics using gender as a
7,8,9
3,4,5
category of analysis
7
research and compose an essay assignment using proper
1,2,10
3,3,5
English and basic computer skills.
Course Description: This course designed as an introduction to a way of analysing and researching global politics and
international relations that takes gender seriously as an analytic category. The course is particularly concerned with the
ways in which gender is implicated in the formation of mainstream International Relations theories. Additionally it will look
at the gendered nature of the states, war, conflict resolution and security—and what this means for how we are able to
understand the world around us.
Course Contents:( Weekly Lecture Plan )
Weeks
Topics
Preparation
Teaching Methods
1
Introduction
Presentation & Discussion
2
What is Gender?
Textbook, Chapter 1
Presentation & Discussion
3
Where are the Women?
Enloe (2000) Chapter 1
Presentation & Discussion
4
Ways of Knowing
Textbook, Chapter 2
Presentation & Discussion
5
Gender and the State
Textbook, Chapter 3
Presentation & Discussion
6
Gender perspectives on War and Peace
Textbook, Chapter 4
Presentation & Discussion
7
Gender and Security
Textbook, Chapter 5
Presentation & Discussion
8
Diffusion of International Gender Norms Otto, D. (2011)
Presentation & Discussion
Turkey
Karadam, N. (2005)
9
Gender in International Political Economy
Textbook, Chapter 6
Presentation & Discussion
10
Gender at the UN
Textbook, Chapter 7
Presentation & Discussion
11
Gender and International Organisation
Textbook, Chapter 9
Presentation & Discussion
12
The gender(ed) Politics of International
Relations
Gender and International Relations: Looking
Forward
General Review
Textbook, Chapter 10
Presentation & Discussion
Textbook, Chapter 10
Presentation & Discussion
13
14
Textbook
Related links
Course Notes
Recommended Reading
Discussion
REFERENCES
Steans, Jill. Gender and International Relations, Polity Press, Cambridge, 2013.
http://www.e-ir.info
http://peacewomen.org
http://www.globalissues.org
Butler, J. Bodies that matter: On the discursive limits of sex. New York: Rouledge, 1993.
Cockburn, C. From where we stand: War, women's activism and feminist analysis.
Material Sharing
Activities
Midterm Exam
Homework
Effect of The Activities
Effect of The Final Exam
Contents
Hours in Classroom
Hours out Classroom
Homeworks
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
London: Zed Books, 2007.
Enloe, C. Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics,
2000.
Hooper, C. Manly states: masculinities, International Relations, and gender politics. New
York: Columbia University Press.
Kantola, J. The gendered reproduction of the state in International Relations. British
Journal of Politics & International Relations, 9(2), 2007.
Kardam, N. Turkey's engagement with global women's human rights. Aldershot: Asgate,
2005
Otto, D. Prospects for International Gender Norms. Pace Law Review, 31(3), 2011.
Peterson, V.S. and Runyan, A.S. Global Gender Issues in the New Millennium 3rd ed.
2010.
Tickner, JA. Gender and International Relations: Feminist Perspectives on Achieving
Global Security, 1992.
Youngs, G. Feminist International Relations: A Contradiction in Terms? Or: Why Women
and Gender Are Essential to Understanding the World 'We' Live in. International Affairs
Vol. 80, No. 1, 2004.
Weekly lecture notes
Number
1
1
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Effect
40%
10%
50%
50%
ECTS TABLE
Number
14
14
1
1
1
Notes
Hours
3
3
26
30
40
Total
Total / 30
ECTS Credit
RECENT PERFORMANCE
Total
42
42
26
30
40
180
=180/30
6