Module: Gender, Race, Class & Politics

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Gender, Race, Class & Politics
Module Code	LG340 (ITS) / POL1042 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	Law & Government
Module Co-ordinator	Karen Devine
Module Teachers	-
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

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Description

This module introduces students to the key issues on gender and politics in Ireland and internationally.

Learning Outcomes

1. understand and engage with the key academic debates on women in politics
2. examine and explain regional differences in womens role in representational politics
3. analyse womens social movement activity and the position of the womens movement today.
4. discuss key issues relating to gender and politics in Ireland and internationally.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	24	No Description
Independent Study	101	No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Lecture outline weeks 1-3
Conceptual Issues - why is gender and politics an important aspect of political studies? o what is gender and why is it central to understanding politics?o Destabilizing the status quo: feminism and political theoryo Feminism as a social movement for political equality

Lectures 4-6:
Women and Representative Politicso Brief history of the enfranchisement of womeno Explaining levels of women's engagemento Women and Irish Politicso The Role of the Party and Candidate Selectiono What is the future of women in political institutions?

Lectures 7-9:
Women in International Politics: Debates and Opportunitieso Emerging International Norms on Women's Rights and their impact Opportunities presented by international institutionso Gender mainstreamingo Feminism and International Relations: is there a voice for women?

Lectures 10-11:
Women and Islamo Can Islam be feminist?o Is there a role for religion in female political emancipation?

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Assignment	essay topics and other asignments will be distributed in week one	100%

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Eisenstein: 1993, The Radical Future or Liberal Feminismo,
Elshtain: 1997, Real Politics: at the center of everyday life,
Galligan, Ward and Wilford: 1999, Contesting Politics: women in Ireland, North and South,
Galligan, Yvonne: 1998, Women and Politics in Contemporary Ireland,

Other Resources

25448, additional readings, 0, additional readings will be posted on moodle each week,