Examines women’s agency in shaping international politics,
especially through political institutions, and the effects of
international politics on women’s daily lives.
Athena Title
Women and World Politics
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in INTL 4650H
Prerequisite
INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3200H or INTL 3300 or INTL 3300E or INTL 3300H
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to synthesize details about the concepts in international affairs (e.g., the international system, actors in the international system, the principles of sovereignty and anarchy).
By the end of the course students will be able to evaluate how the characteristics of various political systems lead to different political outcomes.
By the end of the course students will be able to evaluate the major theoretical approaches and models used within international relations and comparative politics.
By the end of the course students will be able to evaluate theoretical foundations in the study of international relations and comparative politics when applying them to attempt to explain the causes and effects of historical and contemporary global events.
By the end of the course students will be able to collect and analyze original quality data relative to the causes and effects of historical and contemporary global events.
By the end of the course students will be able to create original, well-informed arguments about the causes and effects of historical and contemporary global events that is theoretically informed and includes quality data.
By the end of the course students will be able to write in a clear structured manner that provides an original theoretically informed argument presented to an intended audience that is supported with data and uses appropriate vocabulary, grammar, and syntax.
By the end of the course students will be able to create an original social science research project.
Topical Outline
Women and Political Leadership
• Descriptive, Symbolic, and Substantive Representation
• Women in Executive Office
• Women in National Legislatures
• Explaining the political participation of women: culture,
politics, international factors
• Increasing Women’s Participation: Quotas, Ambition Gap
Structural Factors
• Campaigns and the Media
• Women and International Institutions
• Women in Diplomacy, Defense, and International Affairs
Women’s Participation in Civil Society and Social Movements
• Women’s Movement
• Women in Religious Movements
Women and International Security
• UNSCR 1325
• Human Rights and Human Security
• International Law
• Women in Conflict
