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Course Outline and Readings
Week I, January 7-9 Introduction to the course and terminology: WID, GAD, Third World,
development, empowerment, patriarchy
*Graduate students are to sign up for facilitation schedule on January 9th
Required Readings:
Antrobus, pp. 1-7
Jacquette & Summerfield, pp. 17-50
Tiessen, pp. 1-9
*Boserup, Ester “Male and Female Farming Systems” Women's Role in Economic Development St. Martin's
Press, 1970, pp. 15-35
Week II, January 14-16 Paradigms and representation: critical perspectives on theoretical concepts
Theme 1: Gender and development theories: Paul Lauermann
Theme 2: Conceptualizing power and gender in development studies and practices January 14-16
Required Readings:
Antrobus, pp. 9-25
Beneria, pp. ix-xv, 1-29
Jacquette & Summerfield, pp. 53-70
Sweetman, pp. 2-7, 9-11, 94-103
Tiessen, pp. 11-20, 27-52
*Scott, Catherine “Tradition and Gender in Modernization Theory” Gender and Development: Rethinking
Modernization and Dependency Theory (Lynne Rienner 1996), pp. 23-32
Recommended Readings:
Boserup, Ester Women's Role in Economic Development St. Martin's Press, 1970 [a classic!]
Datta, Rekha & Judith Kornberg Women in Developing Countries: Assessing Strategies for Empowerment
Lynne Reinner, 2002
Mernissi, Fatima The Veil and the Male Elite: a Feminist Interpretation of Women’s Rights in Islam
(trans. by Mary Jo Lakeland) Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1991
Moser, Caroline Gender Planning and Development: Theory, Practice and Training Routledge, 1993
Nussbaum, Martha C. Women and Human Development: the Capabilities Approach Cambridge U.P., 2001
Parpart, Jane, Patricia Connelly and Eudine Barriteau Theoretical Perspectives on Gender and
Development International Development Research Centre, 2000
Rogers, Barbara The Domestication of Women: Discrimination in Developing Societies Tavistock, 1980
[another classic!]
Sen, Gita and Caren Grown Development, Crises, and Alternative Visions: Third World Women's
Perspectives (DAWN) Monthly Review Press, 1987 (a major, transformative work for the field)
Tinker, Irene (ed.) Persistent Inequalities: Women and World Development Oxford University Press, 1990
Townsend, Janet et. al. Women and Power: Fighting Patriarchies and Poverty Zed Books, 1999
World Bank Engendering Development: Through Gender Equality in Rights, Resources, and Voice Oxford
University Press, 2001
 
Weeks III & IV, January 23, 28-30, Feb 4 Women, Family, Sustenance and Power: Contemporary Images and Self-images
*Reminder: Essay is due January 28th [changed to January 30 because of the snow]
Theme 3: Traditional status of women and larger social implications: Katie Gauthier
Theme 4: Provocative role of the family: Diana Daibes
Theme 5: Violence against women
Required Readings:
Jacquette & Summerfield, pp. 107-132, 191-200
Sweetman, pp. 13-24, 36-42
Tiessen, pp. 79-106
Recommended Readings:
Blackburn, Susan Love, Sex and Power: Women in Southeast Asia Monash Asia Institute, 2001
Fernea, Elizabeth A Street in Marrakech Anchor Books, 1980
Jeffery, Patricia and Roger Jeffery Don’t Marry me to a Plowman! Women’s Everyday Lives in Rural
North India Westview Press, 1996
Haddad, Yvonne and John L. Esposito (eds.) Islam, Gender and Social Change Oxford University Press, 1998
Hodgson, Dorothy Once Intrepid Warriors: Gender, Ethnicity, and the Cultural
Politics of Maasai Development Indiana University Press, 2001
Mernissi, Fatima Doing Daily Battle: Interviews with Moroccan Women Rutgers
University Press, 1989
O'Connell, Helen Women and the Family Zed Books, 1994
Patai, Daphne Brazilian Women Speak: Contemporary Life Stories Rutgers University Press, 1988
Pont, Anna M. Blind Chickens and Social Animals: Creating Spaces for Afghan Women’s Narratives under
the Taliban Mercy Corps, 2001
Sheridan, Mary and Janet Salaff (eds.) Lives: Chinese Working Women Indiana University Press, 1984
Shostak, Marjorie Nisa: the Life and Words of a !Kung Woman Vintage Books, 1983
Sittirak, Sinith Daughters of Development: Women and the Changing Environment Zed Books, 1998
Weiss, Anita M. Walls Within Walls: Life Histories of Working Women in the Old City of Lahore Oxford
University Press, 2nd edition, 2002
  
Weeks V, VI & VII, February 6, 11-13, 18 Gendered Work, Power and Globalization
Film: Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies & Global Economics
*Mid-term review on February 13th Review accessible here
*In-class discussion questions for February 13 and 18th accessible here
*CEDAW presentation schedule finalized on February 18th
Theme 6: Subcontracted work in the informal sector
Theme 7: The global assembly line: Sandra Macias del Villar
Theme 8: Alternative lending practices
Theme 9: Effects of structural adjustment programs on the gendered division of labor
Required Readings:
Beneria, pp. 31-160 (chapters 2-5)
Jacquette & Summerfield, pp. 87-105, 202-214
Sweetman, pp. 56-64
Recommended Readings:
Balakrishnan, Radhika (ed.) The Hidden Assembly Line: Gender Dynamics of Subcontracted Work in a
Global Economy Kumarian Press, 2001
Beneria, Lourdes and Shelley Feldman (eds.) Unequal Burden: Economic Crises, Persistent Poverty, and
Women's Work Westview Press, 1992
Carr, Marilyn, Martha Chen and Renana Jhabvala (eds.) Speaking Out: Women's Economic Empowerment
in South Asia IT Publications on behalf of Aga Khan Foundation Canada and UNIFEM, 1996
Chen, Martha (ed.) Beyond Credit: A Subsector Approach to Promoting Women's Enterprises Aga Khan
Foundation Canada, 1996
Hijab, Nadia Womanpower: the Arab Debate on Women at Work Cambridge University Press, 1988
Mies, Maria Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale: Women in the International Division of
Labor Zed Books, 1998
Nash, June and M.P. Fernandes-Kelly Women, Men and the International Division of Labor State
University of New York Press, 1988
Prugl, Elisabeth The Global Construction of Gender: Home-based Work in the Political Economy of the
20th Century Columbia University Press, 1999
Safa, Helen Myth of the Male Breadwinner: Women and Industrialization in the Caribbean Westview,
1995
UNIFEM The Human Cost of Women's Poverty: Perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean
UNIFEM Publications, 1995
Waring, Marilyn Counting for Nothing: What Men Value and What Women are Worth University of
Toronto Press, 1999, 2nd edition
Waring, Marilyn If Women Counted: a New Feminist Economics Harper Collins, 1990
Week VII, February 20 In-class midterm examination Review accessible here
Week VIII, February 25-27 Participation, Organizing and Social Transformation
Theme 10: Women’s growing political engagement and activism – why?!
Theme 11: U.N. Women’s conferences
Theme 12: The power of NGOs?: Aditi Sinha
Required Readings:
Antrobus, pp. 28-35, 37-64, 67-79, 80-106
Jacquette & Summerfield, pp. 159-171, 219-239, 268-300
Sweetman, pp. 25-34, 67-77, 79-90
CEDAW website
Recommended Readings:
Badran, Margot and Miriam Cooke (eds.) Opening the Gates: a Century of Arab Feminist Writing
Indiana University Press, 1990
Basu, Amrita (ed.) The Global Challenge of Local Feminisms: Women's Movements in Global Perspective
Westview Press, 1995
Jayawardena, Kumari Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World Zed Press, 1986
Calman, Leslie J. Toward Empowerment: Women and Movement Politics in India Westview, 1992
Karl, Marilee Women and Empowerment: Participation and Decision Making Zed, 1995
Mohanty, Chandra, Ann Russo and Lourdes Torres (eds.) Third World Women and the Politics of
Feminism Indiana University Press, 1991
Perry, Susan and Celeste Schenck (eds.) Eye to Eye - Women Practising Development across Cultures Zed Books, 2000
Rose, Kalima Where Women are Leaders: the SEWA Movement in India Zed Books, 1992
Sankar, Andrea "Spinster Sisterhoods" in Mary Sheridan & Janet Salaff (eds.) Lives: Chinese Working
Women Indiana University Press, 1984, pp. 51-70
Staudt, Kathleen Policy, Politics and Gender: Women Gaining Ground Kumarian Press, 1998
UNIFEM A Commitment to the World's Women: Perspectives on a Development Agenda for Beijing and
Beyond September 1995
UNFWCW (U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women) The Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action: Covenant for the New Millennium United Nations, 1996
Weiss, Anita M. “Interpreting Women's Rights: The Dilemma Over Eliminating Discrimination
Against Women in Pakistan" Globalization, Gender, and Social Change in the 21st Century: A Special Issue of International Sociology Vol. 18, No. 3, September 2003, pp. 581-601
Weeks IX & X, March 3-5, 10-12 Eliminating Discrimination: Arenas of Concern, Progress and Prospects Presentation schedule accessible here
These class meetings will be devoted to group presentations (only one on March 12) on regional efforts to conform to the requirements of CEDAW. Regional reports will be linked here. Report on Progress on Implementing CEDAW in:
Central/Latin America
China/East Asia/Southeast Asia
Middle East/North Africa
South Asia
Eastern Europe
East and southern Africa
West Africa
Required Readings:
Antrobus, pp. 109-135, 137-161
Week X, March 12 Moving Forward?
Required Readings:
Antrobus, pp. 164-179, 181-186
Beneria, pp. 161-169
Tiessen, pp. 107-135, 173-188
Recommended Readings:
Chant, Sylvia and Matthew C. Gutmann Mainstreaming Men into Gender and Development Oxfam, 2000
Fisher, Elizabeth and Linda Gray MacKay Gender Justice: Women's Rights are Human Rights Unitarian
Universalist Service Committee, 1997
Kerr, Joanna (ed.) Ours by Right: Women's Rights as Human Rights Zed Books, 1993
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