POLS 280 Study Guide - Final Guide: Hillary Clinton, Gender Mainstreaming, Masculinity

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 280
• Professor: Elizabeth Goodyear- Grant

Document Summary

Some short answers directly from textbook/ reading material. Look at previous exams, what are on them and what are not. Know key terms of textbook (hegemonic masculinities, her book, dalarap reading on quotas, section of text about quotas) Prepare for essay questions on quotas or reform, women in post- conflict settings, women in media/ cultural rep of women"s underrep, Do women make a difference , hilary clinton question potentially (using concepts we learned what do you attribute to her loss, etc. ) Every department of gov will make gender a focus of policies, centralized organization, concentrated efforts of women"s effort, think of it in terms of reform and understanding women"s policy. Cedaw: make sure you know what cedaw stands for. Dominant form of masculinity in society (culturally idealizedform) What all other gender identities are compared to. In order to remain dominant it has to suppress other groups (they become marginalized) Does so by framing them as feminine.