Women's Studies 1022F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Occidentalism, Global Governance, Planned Economy

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 1022F/G
• Professor: Bipasha Baruah

Document Summary

Gender makes the world go round: point is to realize how complicated power is. Objectives of course: to appreciate the difference between international relations and feminist international relations, to understand the nuance and complexity of power relationships, various structures that create the relationships, to understand intersectionality. No, but they do have consequences so we must be aware: the choices we make have ripple effects around the world, but does that. Clarification of terms: gender/sex = sex is the biological , gender is how society expects you to act based on your gender (difference being that gender is socially constructed) North/south: each label has its problems: countries that today have big economies , together they are incredibly economically powerful, brics, local/national. International problem: interested in issues beyond the boarder of canada: global problem: issues in other countries including canada. Clarifications of terms: what is a (cid:498)significant(cid:499) political event, we engage with what we think is significant.