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Spring 2021 | POL 3733 Section 001: From Suffragettes to Senators: Gender, Politics & Policy in the U.S. (65516)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
Open (81 of 83 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Overview to field of gender/politics. Examine role women play in U.S. policy process. How public policies are "gendered." How policies compare to feminist thinking about related issue area. Theories of role(s) gender plays in various aspects of politics.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?kpearson+POL3733+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This online, synchronous seminar examines gender dynamics in several domains of the American political system, including the mass public, electoral politics, legislative politics, and the policymaking process. We explore the interaction of gender and race and challenges and opportunities for women of color. Throughout the course, we focus on gender differences that affect various aspects of the political process. We begin by analyzing differences in the ways that women and men conceptualize politics. We study gender stereotypes among the public and their influence on attitudes toward women in politics and vote choice. We ask why women are underrepresented in public office. We examine gender dynamics in electoral politics, asking what barriers women may face when running for office. We consider whether women and men advocate different policy agendas and issue positions when serving in office. We consider the representational implications of the gender differences we uncover, including substantive policy differences and non-policy benefits that are conferred to citizens when women serve in office. We analyze the institutional features of the American political process, asking how institutions and organized interests may help and hinder women pursuing power and policy.
- Grading:
20% Class participation
40% 2 midterm exams (20% each)
15% 1 short paper (15%)
25% Research paper and presentation- Class Format:
- online only, synchronous.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65516/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 October 2020
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2021 Political Science Classes Taught by Kathryn Pearson