POLI 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3-4: Environmentalism, Radical Feminism, Socialist Feminism
21 Nov 2016
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Poli7cal globaliza7on: many contemporary problems including the regula@on of global business and. Nance, global climate change, interna@onal crime and terrorism cannot be dealt with e ec@vely by individual states alone. Some challenge and seek to transform the exis@ng basic: power arrangements while others provide jus@ ca@ons, associated with social movements and poli@cal par@es. Enlightenment: an intellectual movement that developed in the mid 18th century, emphasizing the power of human reason to understand and improve the world. Involved a major shio from tradi@onal religious beliefs toward an op@mis@c belief in the power of human reason to make the world bezer. Enlightenment thinkers think that through science and reason, people can understand the world. De ni@on: a perspec@ve that views society as patriarchal and seeks to achieve full independent and equality for women. Many feminists argue that poli@cal decisions should give greater emphasis to the di erent experiences and values of women instead of being based primarily on male values.
