[PAP3325] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (43 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 3325
• Professor: Ishara Mahat

Document Summary

Higher the class, the more discrimination faced. Public policy associated with the government, for the benefit of citizens/public interest: rules and regulations, can change over time, stakeholders involved in public policies (e. g. lobbyists) Social construction of difference: between men and women, boys and girls, between different categories of men and women (age, economic status, etc. , between individuals and the expectations of those around them. Power relations: decision-making and political power, access to and control over economic resources (buying a home, etc. , invisible" power (higher class can exert power over marginalized) Subject to variation in time and space: gender order" is not same everywhere and cannot be assumed, gender order is not fixed or inevitable, neither men nor women can be said to have exclusive, essential characteristics. Wid 1970: women scholars addressing absence of women"s rights in. Wad (women and development) second half of 1970s: focused on women"s role in economic development.