Postgraduate Course: Gender and Development (PGSP11225)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Gender studies and development studies are both interdisciplinary in orientation, and touch on issues as diverse as work and family life, health and population, labour and international economic change. It is now widely recognised that pervasive pre-existing gender inequalities mean that development processes have differential effects on women and men. Early feminist critiques emphasised the »marginal« position of women in development and advocated their »integration«. More recently, critiques have argued that women's »marginality« reflects the systematic gender bias in official statistics and development planning in general, and that women are already affected by and involved in development, although in locally variable and class specific ways.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 60 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One Short Essay (1500 words) worth 30%
One Long Essay (2500 words) worth 70% |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- show a working knowledge of the main theoretical approaches used in gender analysis of development issues and their links to wider social and political change
- show an awareness of the interplay between regional cultures, social change and development intervention in terms of differential impact on women and men
- show competence in assessing gender issues in international development research and practice from a sociological perspective
- show an understanding of the value of comparative analysis
- utilise acquired skills in analysis, planning and reporting on current development issues
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Reading List
KEY SOURCES
Andrea Cornwall et al (eds): Feminisms in Development: Contradictions, Contestations and Challenges (Zed 2007)
Cecile Jackson & Ruth Pearson (eds.): Feminist Visions of Development: Gender Analysis and Policy (Routledge, 1998)
Naila Kabeer: Reversed Realities: Gender Hierarchies in Development Thought (Verso, 1994)
Caroline Moser: Gender Planning and Development: theory, practice and training (Routledge, 1993)
Nalini Visvanathan et al. (eds.): Women, Gender and Development Reader (Zed Books, 1997)
You should skim through the sections of the World Development Report 2012 entitled 'Gender Equality and Development' (available online for download)
http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTWDRS/EXTWDR2012/0,,contentMDK:22999750~pagePK:64167689~piPK:64167673~theSitePK:7778063,00.html
Here is a selection of other useful general sources in the library:
Beneria, L & S.Feldman (eds.) 1992. Unequal Burden: Economic Crises, Persistent Poverty & Women's Work
Cleaver, F (ed) 2002. Masculinities Matter
Blumberg, R Lesser et al. (eds.) 1995. EnGENDERing Wealth and Well-being: Empowerment for Global Change
Boserup, E 1970. Woman's Role in Economic Development
Brydon, L & S. Chant 1989. Women in the Third World: Gender issues in rural and urban areas
Desai, V & R. Potter (eds) 2002. The Companion to Development Studies
Elson, D (ed.) 1995. Male Bias in the Development Process
Ethnic and Racial Studies 2000: 23 (5) Special Issue on 'Women, Culture and Development' (Online)
Guijt, I & M. Shah (eds.) 1998. The Myth of Community: Gender Issues in Participatory Development
*Henshall Momsen, J 2004. Gender & Development
Kabeer, N & Subrahmanian, R (eds) 1999. Institutions, Relations & Outcomes
Kapadia, K (ed.) 2002. The violence of development: the politics of identity, gender & social inequalities in India
Momsen, J & V. Kinnaird (eds) 1993. Different Places, Different Voices: Gender and Development in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Nang-Ling Chow, E (ed) 2002: Transforming Gender and Development in East Asia, esp Ch.2.
Saunders, K (ed) 2002: Feminist Post Development Thought 2002
Sen, G & C. Grown 1998. Development, Crises and Alternative Visions
Tinker, I (ed.) 1990. Persistent Inequalities: Women and World Development
You should also browse in the general development periodicals, including
Development:
Journal of the Society for International Development
*Gender & Development
Institute of Development Studies IDS Bulletin
Journal of Development Studies
Journal of Peasant Studies
Population and Development Review
World Development
Development and Change
The main feminist journals sometimes carry articles on gender and development, e.g.
Feminist Review; Feminist Studies; Signs; Women¿s Studies International Forum
If you have particular regional interests, check out journals with the relevant regional focus, e.g.
Review of African Political Economy; Contributions to Indian Sociology
THE LIBRARY HAS HARD COPIES OF THESE JOURNALS AND MANY ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON-LINE. A MAJORITY OF THE ARTICLES LISTED BELOW ARE AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY (ALL KEY READINGS ARE EITHER ON LEARN OR ONLINE) BUT BOOKS ARE ESSENTIAL TOO. THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR GETTING UP AND GOING TO THE LIBRARY
There are also numerous important and useful websites that can give you leads on how development organisations and so forth address gender issues.
For instance:
Department for International Development (DFID) http://www.dfid.gov.uk
United Nations http://www.un.org
UNIFEM http://www.unifem.undp.org
UN Research Institute for Social Development http://www.unrisd.org (numerous reports on gender issues)
World Bank http://worldbank.org
Institute of Development Studies http://www.ids.ac.uk
Millenium Development Goals http://ddp-ext.worldbank.org/ext/MDG/homePages.do
Amnesty http://www.amnestyusa.org/women/reports
Siyanda (database on Gender and Development) http://www.siyanda.org
Excellent practical resources include:
N. Kabeer: Gender Mainstreaming in Poverty Eradication and the Millennium Development Goals 2003 Commonwealth Secretariat/International Development Research Centre (Browse online http://www.idrc.ca
C. March et al. A Guide to Gender Analysis Frameworks 1999 Oxford: Oxfam Publishing. (HQ1240 Mar)
A.. Hardon et al. Monitoring Family Planning and Reproductive Rights 1997 London: Zed Books (HQ766 Mon)
S. Williams The Oxfam Gender Training Manual, 1994, Oxford, Oxfam publishing (F.30124(5-8) Wil).)
Unesco. 1997: Gender Sensitivity: A Training Manual: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0010/001091/109112eo.pdf
Mukhopadhyay, M and Wong, F (eds) 2007: Gender, Society & Development: Revisiting gender training. The making and remaking of gender knowledge. A global sourcebook. KIT (Royal Tropical Institute), The Netherlands; Oxfam GB: http://www.kit.nl/net/KIT_Publicaties_output/ShowFile2.aspx?e=1031 |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Patricia Jeffery
Tel: (0131 6)50 3984
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Course secretary | Ms Jessica Barton
Tel: (0131 6)51 1659
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