Fall 2023 | PA 5601 Section 001: Global Survey of Gender and Public Policy (23367)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Meets With:
- PA 8601 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon, Wed 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduction to the key concepts and tools necessary for gender policy analysis. Survey of the major findings in the field of gender and public policy in policy areas such as poverty alleviation, health, international security, environment and work-family reconciliation. Scope includes local, national, and global policy arenas as well as exploration of gender and the politics of policy formulation.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cewig+PA5601+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- This course meets with PA5601 and shares readings, discussions and some assignments. Doctoral students have a research paper requirement.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Student interested in developing a foundation in gender and policy analysis should take this course. Students interested in the MPP pre-designed Gender and Public Policy Concentration must take this course.
- Learning Objectives:
This course contributes to the general learning outcomes developed for Humphrey School students in the following specific ways (general HHH outcomes in plain text and specific course contributions in italics):
1. to lead and manage in governance across sectors, institutions, and diverse populations and cultures; by developing a better understanding of how diverse populations are differently affected by similar public policies
2. to participate in problem-solving, policy-making, and institutional and societal change in dynamic, uncertain environments; by better understanding the complexity of problems from an intersectional perspective and learning what efforts are most effective for promoting policy change
3. to analyze, synthesize, think critically, solve complex problems, and make decisions informed by quantitative, qualitative, economic, and other methods; by both learning concepts key to intersectional gender policy analysis and critically assessing the methods used in existing gender policy analyses
4. to articulate the essential role of public institutions in democratic societies and the importance of democratic values in delivery of public services; by examining the role of inclusion in policy making processes
5. to understand conceptions of the common good, acknowledge normative and ethical viewpoints, and promote social justice; by developing a clearer understanding of the gendered conceptual underpinnings of many public policies
6. to communicate and interact productively with individuals in diverse and changing cultures and communities; by gaining knowledge of policies developed in diverse local and global communities and their implications
7. to understand global interdependencies and their implications for governance, policy-making, and implementation; by comparing similar policy problems across diverse global contexts and considering their transnational dimensions- Grading:
- A-F
- Class Format:
- Seminar-style course based primarily on discussion.
- Workload:
- The course reading load will range from between 100 and 150 pages a week, generally four to five book chapters or journal articles per week. The course materials blend feminist theory with empirical case studies of policy implementation and formulation. Assignments include regular written responses to the readings, a gender policy in practice assignment and a gender policy research paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23367/1239
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2023.docx
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2018.pdf (Fall 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 April 2023
Fall 2022 | PA 5601 Section 001: Global Survey of Gender and Public Policy (23828)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Meets With:
- PA 8690 Section 001PA 8601 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Mon, Wed 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 15
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduction to the key concepts and tools necessary for gender policy analysis. Survey of the major findings in the field of gender and public policy in policy areas such as poverty alleviation, health, international security, environment and work-family reconciliation. Scope includes local, national, and global policy arenas as well as exploration of gender and the politics of policy formulation.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cewig+PA5601+Fall2022
- Class Description:
• What are the implications of providing paid sick days to poor, working women in the US - for themselves, their kids and the broader US economy?
• Does providing "daddy leave" to German fathers lead to more engaged fathers that also help out with the housework?
• Is providing a cash subsidy to poor moms in Latin America if their daughters attend school empowering or patronizing?
• How is climate change impacting gender power relations in Ghana?
• What are the proven tactics for achieving policies that address gender inequalities?
• How can public policies address gender inequalities that vary as they intersect with race, class, disability and other factors?
These are just some of the questions that we will tackle in this course. Students will learn the tools of gender public policy analysis through examination of a range of policies from around the world. In the first section of the course, students will become familiar with the key concepts necessary for gender policy analysis including how gender operates as a social structure and its intersectional relationship to other social structures such as race, class and disability. The second section of the course focuses on specific policy areas where gender policy analysis has been applied. Exploration of specific policy areas allows students to become familiar with the some of the major findings in the field of gender and public policy as well as offers an opportunity to examine, learn from and critique how gender policy analyses have been carried out in a variety of contexts and topic areas. Given the global scope of the course and the fact that students come to the course with both local and global policy interests, we will consider policy issues and case studies from the US alongside and, in comparison to, issues and case studies from other countries. Specific policy areas covered this semester include equality policies, poverty policies, work/family reconciliation, health policy, climate change and international security. In section three, students will learn how gender is embedded in the politics of the policy making process, including in the specific behavior of political actors, the organization of institutions, and in the political discourses employed. This section of the course will allow students to assess what strategies have been more or less effective in promoting more gender-equitable public policies and the challenges of achieving policies attentive to intersectional inequalities.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Student interested in developing a foundation in gender and policy analysis should take this course. Students interested in the Gender and Public Policy Concentration must take this course.
- Learning Objectives:
- Grading:
- A-F
- Class Format:
- Seminar-style course based primarily on discussion.
- Workload:
- The course reading load will range from between 100 and 150 pages a week, generally four to five book chapters or journal articles per week. The course materials blend feminist theory with empirical case studies of policy implementation and formulation. Assignments include regular written responses to the readings, a gender policy in practice assignment and a gender policy research paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23828/1229
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2023.docx (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2018.pdf (Fall 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 June 2021
Fall 2021 | PA 5601 Section 001: Global Survey of Gender and Public Policy (34003)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Meets With:
- PA 8690 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon, Wed 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (20 of 24 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduction to the key concepts and tools necessary for gender policy analysis. Survey of the major findings in the field of gender and public policy in policy areas such as poverty alleviation, health, international security, environment and work-family reconciliation. Scope includes local, national, and global policy arenas as well as exploration of gender and the politics of policy formulation.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cewig+PA5601+Fall2021
- Class Description:
• What are the implications of providing paid sick days to poor, working women in the US - for themselves, their kids and the broader US economy?
• Does providing "daddy leave" to German fathers lead to more engaged fathers that also help out with the housework?
• Is providing a cash subsidy to poor moms in Latin America if their daughters attend school empowering or patronizing?
• How is climate change impacting gender power relations in Ghana?
• What are the proven tactics for achieving policies that address gender inequalities?
• How can public policies address gender inequalities that vary as they intersect with race, class, disability and other factors?
These are just some of the questions that we will tackle in this course. Students will learn the tools of gender public policy analysis through examination of a range of policies from around the world. In the first section of the course, students will become familiar with the key concepts necessary for gender policy analysis including how gender operates as a social structure and its intersectional relationship to other social structures such as race, class and disability. The second section of the course focuses on specific policy areas where gender policy analysis has been applied. Exploration of specific policy areas allows students to become familiar with the some of the major findings in the field of gender and public policy as well as offers an opportunity to examine, learn from and critique how gender policy analyses have been carried out in a variety of contexts and topic areas. Given the global scope of the course and the fact that students come to the course with both local and global policy interests, we will consider policy issues and case studies from the US alongside and, in comparison to, issues and case studies from other countries. Specific policy areas covered this semester include equality policies, poverty policies, work/family reconciliation, health policy, climate change and international security. In section three, students will learn how gender is embedded in the politics of the policy making process, including in the specific behavior of political actors, the organization of institutions, and in the political discourses employed. This section of the course will allow students to assess what strategies have been more or less effective in promoting more gender-equitable public policies and the challenges of achieving policies attentive to intersectional inequalities.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Student interested in developing a foundation in gender and policy analysis should take this course. Students interested in the Gender and Public Policy Concentration must take this course.
- Learning Objectives:
- Grading:
- A-F
- Class Format:
- Seminar-style course based primarily on discussion.
- Workload:
- The course reading load will range from between 100 and 150 pages a week, generally four to five book chapters or journal articles per week. The course materials blend feminist theory with empirical case studies of policy implementation and formulation. Assignments include regular written responses to the readings, a gender policy in practice assignment and a gender policy research paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34003/1219
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2021.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2023.docx (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2018.pdf (Fall 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 June 2021
Fall 2020 | PA 5601 Section 001: Global Survey of Gender and Public Policy (33156)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Meets With:
- PA 8690 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduction to the key concepts and tools necessary for gender policy analysis. Survey of the major findings in the field of gender and public policy in policy areas such as poverty alleviation, health, international security, environment and work-family reconciliation. Scope includes local, national, and global policy arenas as well as exploration of gender and the politics of policy formulation.
- Class Notes:
- PA 5601/8690 will be offered REMOTELY. Class will meet synchronously-online during Fall 2020, T/Th 4:00-5:15. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cewig+PA5601+Fall2020
- Class Description:
• What are the implications of providing paid sick days to poor, working women in the US - for themselves, their kids and the broader US economy?
• Does providing "daddy leave" to German fathers lead to more engaged fathers that also help out with the housework?
• Is providing a cash subsidy to poor moms in Bolivia if their daughters attend school empowering or patronizing?
• Why might the turn toward antiretroviral therapies for HIV-AIDS in Africa have negative implications for the economies of care in African families?
• What are the proven tactics for achieving policies that address gender inequalities?
• How can public policies address gender inequalities that vary as they intersect with race, class, disability and other factors?
These are just some of the questions that we will tackle in this course. Students will learn the tools of gender public policy analysis through examination of a range of policies from around the world. In the first section of the course, students will become familiar with the key concepts necessary for gender policy analysis including how gender operates as a social structure and its intersectional relationship to other social structures such as race, class and disability. The second section of the course focuses on specific policy areas where gender policy analysis has been applied. Exploration of specific policy areas allows students to become familiar with the some of the major findings in the field of gender and public policy as well as offers an opportunity to examine, learn from and critique how gender policy analyses have been carried out in a variety of contexts and topic areas. Given the global scope of the course and the fact that students come to the course with both local and global policy interests, we will consider policy issues and case studies from the US alongside and, in comparison to, issues and case studies from other countries. Specific policy areas covered this semester include equality policies, poverty policies, work/family reconciliation, health policy, climate change and international security. In section three, students will learn how gender is embedded in the politics of the policy making process, including in the specific behavior of political actors, the organization of institutions, and in the political discourses employed. This section of the course will allow students to assess what strategies have been more or less effective in promoting more gender-equitable public policies and the challenges of achieving policies attentive to intersectional inequalities.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Student interested in developing a foundation in gender and policy analysis should take this course. Students interested in the Gender and Public Policy Concentration must take this course.
- Learning Objectives:
- Grading:
- A-F
- Class Format:
- Seminar-style course based primarily on discussion.
- Workload:
- The course reading load will range from between 100 and 150 pages a week, generally four to five book chapters or journal articles per week. The course materials blend feminist theory with empirical case studies of policy implementation and formulation. Assignments include regular written responses to the readings, a gender policy in practice assignment and a gender policy research paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33156/1209
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2023.docx (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2018.pdf (Fall 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 July 2018
Fall 2018 | PA 5601 Section 001: Global Survey of Gender and Public Policy (24334)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- PA 8690 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue 04:40PM - 07:25PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 15
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (16 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduction to the key concepts and tools necessary for gender policy analysis. Survey of the major findings in the field of gender and public policy in policy areas such as poverty alleviation, health, international security, environment and work-family reconciliation. Scope includes local, national, and global policy arenas as well as exploration of gender and the politics of policy formulation.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cewig+PA5601+Fall2018
- Class Description:
• What are the implications of providing paid sick days to poor, working women in the US - for themselves, their kids and the broader US economy?
• Does providing "daddy leave" to German fathers lead to more engaged fathers that also help out with the housework?
• Is providing a cash subsidy to poor moms in Bolivia if their daughters attend school empowering or patronizing?
• Why might the turn toward antiretroviral therapies for HIV-AIDS in Africa have negative implications for the economies of care in African families?
• What are the proven tactics for achieving policies that address gender inequalities?
• How can public policies address gender inequalities that vary as they intersect with race, class, disability and other factors?
These are just some of the questions that we will tackle in this course. Students will learn the tools of gender public policy analysis through examination of a range of policies from around the world. In the first section of the course, students will become familiar with the key concepts necessary for gender policy analysis including how gender operates as a social structure and its intersectional relationship to other social structures such as race, class and disability. The second section of the course focuses on specific policy areas where gender policy analysis has been applied. Exploration of specific policy areas allows students to become familiar with the some of the major findings in the field of gender and public policy as well as offers an opportunity to examine, learn from and critique how gender policy analyses have been carried out in a variety of contexts and topic areas. Given the global scope of the course and the fact that students come to the course with both local and global policy interests, we will consider policy issues and case studies from the US alongside and, in comparison to, issues and case studies from other countries. Specific policy areas covered this semester include equality policies, poverty policies, work/family reconciliation, health policy, climate change and international security. In section three, students will learn how gender is embedded in the politics of the policy making process, including in the specific behavior of political actors, the organization of institutions, and in the political discourses employed. This section of the course will allow students to assess what strategies have been more or less effective in promoting more gender-equitable public policies and the challenges of achieving policies attentive to intersectional inequalities.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Student interested in developing a foundation in gender and policy analysis should take this course. Students interested in the Gender and Public Policy Concentration must take this course.
- Learning Objectives:
- Grading:
- A-F
- Class Format:
- Seminar-style course based primarily on discussion.
- Workload:
- The course reading load will range from between 100 and 150 pages a week, generally four to five book chapters or journal articles per week. The course materials blend feminist theory with empirical case studies of policy implementation and formulation. Assignments include regular written responses to the readings, a gender policy in practice assignment and a gender policy research paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/24334/1189
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2018.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2023.docx (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 July 2018
Fall 2017 | PA 5601 Section 001: Global Survey of Gender and Public Policy (21294)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- PA 8690 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue 05:30PM - 08:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 210
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduction to the key concepts and tools necessary for gender policy analysis. Survey of the major findings in the field of gender and public policy in policy areas such as poverty alleviation, health, international security, environment and work-family reconciliation. Scope includes local, national, and global policy arenas as well as exploration of gender and the politics of policy formulation.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cewig+PA5601+Fall2017
- Class Description:
• What are the implications of providing paid sick days to poor, working women in the US - for themselves, their kids and the broader US
economy?• Does providing "daddy leave" to German fathers lead to more engaged fathers that also help out with the housework?
• Is providing a cash subsidy to poor moms in Bolivia if their daughters attend school empowering or patronizing?
• Why might the turn toward antiretroviral therapies for HIV-AIDS in Africa have negative implications for the economies of care in African families?
• What are the proven tactics for achieving policies that address gender inequalities?
• How can public policies address gender inequalities that vary as they intersect with race, class, disability and other factors?
These are just some of the questions that we will tackle in this course. Students will learn the tools of gender public policy analysis through examination of a range of policies from around the world. In the first section of the course, students will become familiar with the key concepts necessary for gender policy analysis including how gender operates as a social structure and its intersectional relationship to other social structures such as race, class and disability. The second section of the course focuses on specific policy areas where gender policy analysis has been applied. Exploration of specific policy areas allows students to become familiar with the some of the major findings in the field of gender and public policy as well as offers an opportunity to examine, learn from and critique how gender policy analyses have been carried out in a variety of contexts and topic areas. Given the global scope of the course and the fact that students come to the course with both local and global policy interests, we will consider policy issues and case studies from the US alongside and in comparison to issues and case studies from other countries. Specific policy areas covered this semester include equality policies, poverty policies, work/family reconciliation, health policy, climate change and international security. In section three, students will learn how gender is embedded in the politics of the policy making process, including in the specific behavior of political actors, the organization of institutions, and in the political discourses employed. This section of the course will allow students to assess what strategies have been more or less effective in promoting more gender-equitable public policies and the challenges of achieving policies attentive to intersectional inequalities.
This is the core, required course for the Gender and Public Policy concentration for Master of Public Policy students. For information more on this concentration see: https://www.hhh.umn.edu/masters-degrees/master-public-policy. You are also invited to talk to Professor Ewig about pursuing this concentration.
Draft 2016 Course Syllabus is attached. Please feel free to contact Professor Ewig cewig@umn.edu with questions about the course.
- Class Format:
- Seminar-style course based primarily on discussion.
- Workload:
- 0AThe course reading load will range from between
100 and 150 pages a week, generally four to five book chapters or journal articles per week. The course materials blend feminist theory with empirical case studies of policy implementation and formulation. Assignments include regular written responses to the readings, a gender policy in practice assignment and a gender policy research paper. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21294/1179
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2023.docx (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2018.pdf (Fall 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 August 2016
Fall 2016 | PA 5601 Section 001: Global Survey of Gender and Public Policy (21488)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue 04:00PM - 06:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Examine gender equality/public policy from local, national, global perspective. Policy areas include women's human rights, girls' education, gender/military service, electoral systems. prereq: Grad or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- The instructor, Professor Christina Ewig, may be contacted at cewig@wisc.edu. Information about her is available at faculty.polisci.wisc.edu/cewig/. Contact Stacey Grimes at grime004@umn.edu if you need a permission number. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?PA5601+Fall2016
- Class Description:
• What are the implications of providing paid sick days to poor, working women in the US - for themselves, their kids and the broader US
economy?• Does providing "daddy leave" to German fathers lead to more engaged fathers that also help out with the housework?
• Is providing a cash subsidy to poor moms in Bolivia if their daughters attend school empowering or patronizing?
• Why might the turn toward antiretroviral therapies for HIV-AIDS in Africa have negative implications for the economies of care in African families?
• What are the proven tactics for achieving policies that address gender inequalities?
• How can public policies address gender inequalities that vary as they intersect with race, class, disability and other factors?
These are just some of the questions that we will tackle in this course. Students will learn the tools of gender public policy analysis through examination of a range of policies from around the world. In the first section of the course, students will become familiar with the key concepts necessary for gender policy analysis including how gender operates as a social structure and its intersectional relationship to other social structures such as race, class and disability. The second section of the course focuses on specific policy areas where gender policy analysis has been applied. Exploration of specific policy areas allows students to become familiar with the some of the major findings in the field of gender and public policy as well as offers an opportunity to examine, learn from and critique how gender policy analyses have been carried out in a variety of contexts and topic areas. Given the global scope of the course and the fact that students come to the course with both local and global policy interests, we will consider policy issues and case studies from the US alongside and in comparison to issues and case studies from other countries. Specific policy areas covered this semester include equality policies, poverty policies, work/family reconciliation, health policy, climate change and international security. In section three, students will learn how gender is embedded in the politics of the policy making process, including in the specific behavior of political actors, the organization of institutions, and in the political discourses employed. This section of the course will allow students to assess what strategies have been more or less effective in promoting more gender-equitable public policies and the challenges of achieving policies attentive to intersectional inequalities.
This is the core, required course for the Gender and Public Policy concentration for Master of Public Policy students. For information more on this concentration see: https://www.hhh.umn.edu/masters-degrees/master-public-policy. You are also invited to talk to Professor Ewig about pursuing this concentration.
Draft 2016 Course Syllabus is attached. Please feel free to contact Professor Ewig cewig@umn.edu with questions about the course.
- Class Format:
- Seminar-style course based primarily on discussion.
- Workload:
- 0AThe course reading load will range from between
100 and 150 pages a week, generally four to five book chapters or journal articles per week. The course materials blend feminist theory with empirical case studies of policy implementation and formulation. Assignments include regular written responses to the readings, a gender policy in practice assignment and a gender policy research paper. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21488/1169
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2016.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2023.docx (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5601_Fall2018.pdf (Fall 2018) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 August 2016
Fall 2015 | PA 5601 Section 001: Global Survey of Gender and Public Policy (34221)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue 04:00PM - 06:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 175
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Examine gender equality/public policy from local, national, global perspective. Policy areas include women's human rights, girls' education, gender/military service, electoral systems. prereq: Grad or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?kbt+PA5601+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course aims to provide an overview of gender and public policy in a global context. Through course readings, discussions, case studies, guest speakers and research projects, students will engage with key concepts, theories and cases in gender and global public policy with a particular focus on understanding issues of social constructions of gender, inequality and difference. This course is highly interactive with an emphasis on student participation. Course topics will include approaches to using gender as a lens for understanding public policy, policy analysis from a gender perspective considering both women's and men's experiences, and a series of thematic policy issues such as gender and political representation, military service, economic development policy, humanitarianism, violence against women, and international governance and human rights.
- Grading:
Your grade for the course will be determined as follows:
Class attendance and participation: 20%
Reading reflections/discussion questions posted to Moodle site: 15%
Discussion leader/presentation: 10%
Gender Policy Paper:40%Gender Policy Analysis in Practice: 15%
- Exam Format:
- No Final exam, based on grading above.
- Workload:
- Look at syllabus for information on work load within course.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34221/1159
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kbt_PA5601_Fall2015.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 November 2015
Spring 2015 | PA 5601 Section 001: Global Survey of Gender and Public Policy (68075)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue 04:00PM - 06:45PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-122
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Examine gender equality/public policy from local, national, global perspective. Policy areas include women's human rights, girls' education, gender/military service, electoral systems. prereq: Grad or instr consent
- Class Description:
- This course aims to provide an overview of gender and public policy in a global context. Through course readings, discussions, case studies, guest speakers and research projects, students will engage with key concepts, theories and cases in gender and global public policy with a particular focus on understanding issues of social constructions of gender, inequality and difference. This course is highly interactive with an emphasis on student participation. Course topics will include approaches to using gender as a lens for understanding public policy, policy analysis from a gender perspective considering both women's and men's experiences, and a series of thematic policy issues such as gender and political representation, military service, economic development policy, humanitarianism, violence against women, and international governance and human rights.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68075/1153
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kbt_PA5601_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2013
Spring 2014 | PA 5601 Section 001: Global Survey of Gender and Public Policy (69320)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 30
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Examine gender equality/public policy from local, national, global perspective. Policy areas include women's human rights, girls' education, gender/military service, electoral systems.
- Class Description:
- This course aims to provide an overview of gender and public policy in a global context. Through course readings, discussions, case studies, guest speakers and research projects, students will engage with key concepts, theories and cases in gender and global public policy with a particular focus on understanding issues of social constructions of gender, inequality and difference. This course is highly interactive with an emphasis on student participation. Course topics will include approaches to using gender as a lens for understanding public policy, policy analysis from a gender perspective considering both women's and men's experiences, and a series of thematic policy issues such as gender and political representation, military service, economic development policy, humanitarianism, violence against women, and international governance and human rights.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69320/1143
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kbt_PA5601_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2013
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