Carleton University

Department of Political Science Winter 2017

PSCI 6201

Politics, Gender and Diversity

Wed. 11:35-2:25

Paterson Hall 111, please confirm on Carleton Central

Instructor: Melissa Haussman

Office: Loeb A 623

Office Hours: W/F 9:30-11:25 and by appt

Email: Melissa.haussman@carleton.ca

This course will consider the key theories on “masculinities” as developed mainly by Connell in

1995, since debated with others, and apply them to both structures and behavior of political

action. “Masculinities” is the parallel to theorizing on “patriarchy” as developed very

prominently by Catharine MacKinnon starting in the 1970s and the two fit together as a whole in

which states and societies see public actors playing roles depending on their fit into the prevalent

power structures of masculinity or femininity. In each week’s set of readings we will assess

whether the “traditional” types of hegemonic masculinities as theorized by Connell are at work

or whether actors are seeking to challenge or re-appropriate those practices. For example in her

August 2016 Theory and Society article, Connell rightly argues that while Global Northern

research treats gender-based violence as a dependent variable, that of the Global South, mindful

of colonialism, treats violence as an independent variable constituting gender relations.

Our overarching themes of when and how hegemonic masculinities are open to change will be

applied to the political science subfields of comparative politics, public policy and international

relations. Four sub-themes will structure the term: the meaning of gender and intersecting

representation in national and supra-national public bodies; these representations in conflict and

post-conflict states; welfare state policies affecting different groups, particularly under

neoliberalism and World Bank governance in the Global South; and human rights. A constant

question relating to local and national groups’ work to “vernacularize” (apply) international

human rights norms and laws to their contexts will be woven through the weeks’ readings.

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Course requirements:

You are expected to hand in two short-response papers during the semester. Each one is worth

15% of the grade and should be handed in on the day (via cu learn) the material is covered in

class. The paper must focus on the themes of the week and respond critically to the discussion.

Your paper may also connect themes across one or more readings covered in other weeks. You

should hand in your first paper by Feb. 15 at the latest. These papers should be about 5 pp. in

length.

You are also required to write a 25-p research paper worth 40% of the final grade. Topics may

include any issue relevant to the course—what is particularly encouraged is for you to pick one

of the four “units” and not only synthesize the class literature but also relate 5-10 other readings

not included in the class list, to show the parameters of the topic (s) in that section. Papers must

be handed in (via cu learn) April 5 and will be penalized 1/3 of a grade per day for lateness. The

only exception to this penalty includes a legitimate medical certificate or other evidence.

You are also expected to attend and actively participate in all class discussions and complete the

readings for each week. During the course, you will be responsible for presenting on two themes

of your choice. Class participation, presentations and attendance are worth 30% of the grade. If

you miss more than two classes, you will be asked to drop the course.

Required books at Carleton University bookstore:

1. Gulay Caglar, Elisabeth Prugl and Susanne Zwingel, eds., Feminist Strategies in

International Governance (Routledge, 2013)

2. Maya Eichler, ed., Gender and Private Security in Global Politics (Oxford, 2015)

*All books ordered for the course will either be placed on reserve or are e-books

owned by the library; other reserves will be marked with an “*”.

Jan. 11 Introduction to the concept of Masculinities

Required: Read: *Raewyn Connell, “Change Among the Gatekeepers,” Signs, 30, 3 (Spring

2005): 1801-1825; *Gina Wingood and Ralph DiClemente, “Application of the Theory of

Gender and Power to Examine HIV-Related Exposures….” Health, Education and Behaviour,

27, 5 (October 2000): 727-1369; Zeina Zaatari, “Desirable Masculinity/Femininity and

Nostalgia of the ‘Anti-Modern’: Bab el-Hara Television Series as a Site of Production,”

Sexuality and Culture, 19, 1 (2015), 16-36; R. Jewkes et al., “Hegemonic Masculinity:

Combining Theory and Practice in Gender Relations,” Culture, Health and Sexuality, 17, supp. 2

(2015): 96-111; *J. Hearn, M. Blagojevic, and K Harrison, eds., Rethinking Transnational

Masculinities (Routledge, 2013), Chs. 1, 2

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Suggested: *Sylvia Walby, Theorizing Patriarchy (1990), Ch. 1; *Raewyn Connell, “Meeting

at the Edge of Fear: Theory on a World Scale,” Feminist Theory, 16, 1 (2015): 49-66; Martha

A. Fineman and Michael Thomson, eds., Exploring Masculinities: Feminist Legal Theory

Reflections (Ashgate, 2013); C.J. Pascoe and Tristan Bridges, eds., Exploring Masculinities:

Identity, Inequality, Continuity and Change (Oxford University Press, 2015); *E. Stern et al.,

“South African Women’s Conceptualisations of and Responses to Sexual Coercion in Relation to

Hegemonic Masculinities,” Global Public Health, 11, 1-2 (2016): 135-152; K. Ratele,

“Masculinities without Tradition,” Politikon, 40, 1 (2013): 133-156.

Unit I Organizations of Politics and the Relation to Masculinized and Feminized Roles

Jan. 18 Performance of Roles in Politics and Structures affecting Representation in

Liberal Democracies

Required:

*Readings from Journal of Legislative Studies, 16, 3 (Sept. 2010); articles by Rai ,“Analysing

Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament,” 284-297, and Waylen, “Researching Ritual and the

Symbolic in Parliaments: an Institutionalist Perspective, 352-365; *Catherine Bolzendahl,

“Opportunities and Expectations: the Gendered Organization of Legislative Committees in

Germany, Sweden and the US,” Gender and Society, 28, 6 (December 2014): 847-876; *Sarah

Childs and Mona Lena Krook, “From Critical Mass to Critical Actors,” Government and

Opposition, 44, 2 (2009): 125-145; *C. Bergqvist, Elin Bjarnegard, and Per Zetterberg,”The

Gendered Leeway,” Politics, Groups and Identities, December 2016; *Andrea Chandler,

“Women on Corporate Boards: a Comparison of Parliamentary Discourse in the United

Kingdom and France,” Politics & Gender, 12, 3 (2016): 443-468.

Suggested:

*Emelie Lilliefeldt, “Party and Gender in Western Europe Revisited: a Fuzzy-Set Qualitative

Comparative Analysis of Gender-Balanced Parliamentary Parties,” Party Politics 18, 2 (March

2012): 193-214.

Jan. 25 Conceptions of “Pre-Modernity,” Authoritarianism and Gender

Required: Jill Irvine, “From Civil Society to Civil Servants: Women’s Organizations and

Critical Elections in Croatia,” Politics & Gender, 3, 1 (March 2007): 7-32; *Norocel. O.C.,

“Romania is a Family and it Needs a Strict Father,” Nationalities Papers, 38, 5 (2010): 705-721;

Jessica Greenberg, “’Goodbye Serbian Kennedy’: Zoran Dindic and the New Democratic

Masculinity in Serbia,” East European Politics and Societies, 20, 1 (2006): 126-151; Valentine

Moghadam and Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, “Women and Political Leadership in an Authoritarian

Context,” Politics & Gender, 12, 1 (2016): 168-188.

Feb. 1 Representing Intersectionality and Intersectionality in Representation

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*Journal of Legislative Studies, 16, 3 (Sept. 2010); article by Celis/Waters, “Pinning the

Butterfly,” 380-393;*Elinore Lepinard, “Doing Intersectionality,” Gender and Society, 28, 6

(December 2014): 877-903; *Leslie McCall, “The Complexity of Intersectionality,” Signs, 30, 3

(2005): 1771-1800; *Gopika Solanki, “Beyond the Limitations of an Impasse: Feminism,

Multiculturalism, and Legal Reforms in Religious Family Laws,” Politikon, 40, 1 (2013): 83-

111; *Amanda Gouws, “Multiculturalism in South Africa,” Politikon, 40, 1 (2013): 35-55;

*Mary Hawkesworth, “Congressional Re-Enactments of Race-Gender,” APSR, 97, 4 (2003):

529-550; *Adia Harvey, “Becoming Entrepreneurs,” Gender and Society, 19, 6 (2005); 789-808.

Suggested:

*Ann-Dorte Christensen and Sune Q. Jensen, Doing Intersectional Analysis:

Methodological Implications for Qualitative Research,” Nora, 20, 2 (June 2012): 109-125;

*Angelika von Wahl, “A ‘Woman’s Revolution from Above’? Female leadership,

Intersectionality, and Public Policy under the Merkel Government,” German Politics, 20, 3

(2011): 392-409; Tarini Bedi, “Network not Paperwork,” Politics & Gender, 12, 1 (2016): 107-

142.

Unit II Neoliberalism and Economic Supranational Governance

Feb. 8 Vernacularization and Encounters with International Economic Governance

Required:

*Caglar, Prugl and Zwingel, eds., Chs. 5, 12, 14, 15 ;*Engendering Development, World Bank

document, 2001;Christina Ewig, Second-Wave Neoliberalism (Penn. State U. Press, 2010), Ch.

3;*Robert O’Brien et al., Contesting Global Governance (Cambridge, 2002), Ch. 2; *R. Bakshi

and W. Harcourt, eds., Oxford Handbook of Transnational Feminist Movements (2015), Chs, 3,

5.

Feb. 15 Gendering Of and Intersecting with Neoliberal Changes to Welfare State Capacity

Required:

*Elaine Unterhalter, “Poverty, Education, Gender and the Millennium Development Goals:

Reflections on Boundaries and Intersectionality,” Theory and Research in Education, 10, 3

(2012): 253-274; *Debora Lopreite and Laura Macdonald, “Gender and Latin American

Welfare Regimes: Early Childhood Education and Care Policies in Argentina and Mexico,”

Social Politics (2013): 1-23; *Maxine Molyneux, “Mothers at the Service of the New Poverty

Agenda: Progresa/Oportunidades, Mexico’s Conditional Transfer Programme,” Social Policy

Administration, 40, 4 (2006): 425-449; *Krista Brumley, “The Gendered Ideal Worker

Narrative,”Gender and Society, 28, 6 (December 2014): 799-823;* S. Rai and G. Waylen, eds.,

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Global Governance: Feminist Perspectives (Palgrave, 2008), Ch. 3; Pauli Kettunen and Klaus

Petersen, eds., Beyond Welfare State Models (Edward Elgar, 2011), Chs. 1, 7, 8.

Suggested:

Caroline Manion, “Power, Knowledge and Politics,” Theory and Research in Education, 10, 3

(2012): 229-252; *Radhika Blakrishnan and Diane Elson, “Auditing Economic Policy in the

Light of Obligations on Economic and Social Rights,” Essex Human Rights Review, 5, 1 (July

2008): 1-18; *Sylvia Chant, ed., The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty (Elgar,

2010), especially parts I, II, IV; *Christina Gabriel, “Migration and Globalized Care Work,” in

Mahon and Robinson, eds., Feminist Ethics and Social Policy (UBC 2011).

Unit III Global Feminisms, Human Rights and Strategies to Apply International Norms

Nationally and Locally

March 1 Feminist Transnationalism and International Solidarity

*Ackerly, Brooke and Katy Attanasi, “Global Feminisms: Theory and Ethics for Studying

Social Injustice,” New Political Science 31 (4): 543-555; *M. Desai, “The Gendered

Geographies of Struggle,” Gender & Society, 30, 6 (2016): 869-889; *Baksh and Harcourt, eds.,

Chs. 2, 6, 8, 12; *Lucia Michelutti, The Vernacularization of Democracy (Routledge, 2009), chs.

TBA.

Suggested:

*Ackerly, Brooke, and Jacqui True, “Back to the Future: Feminist Theory, Activism and Doing

Feminist Research in an Age of Globalization,” Women’s Studies International Forum, 33: 464-

472; *Cristina Rojas, “Acts of Indigenship: Historical Struggles for Equality

and Colonial Difference in Bolivia, Citizenship Studies, 17, 5 (2013): 581-595; Rachel Rinaldo, “Pious and Critical,” Gender & Society, 28, 6 (2014): 824-846. March 8 Human Rights as Universal vs. Specific and Vernacularization Strategies Required: *Parts I and II of Caglar, Prugl and Zwingel, eds., Feminist Strategies in

International Governance; *Van der Vleuten et al., Gender Equality Norms in Regional

Governance (Palgrave, 2014), Chs. 2, 3; *Viviana MacManus, “We are Not Victims, we are

Protaganists of this History,” International Feminist Journal of Politics (IFJP), 17, 1 (2015): 40-

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Unit IV Gender in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings

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March 15 Supranational Security Governance

Required:

*Part III of Caglar et al.;

*Sherri Lynn Gibbings, *“No Angry Women at the United Nations: Political Dreams and the

Cultural

Politics of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325,” International Feminist Journal of

Politics, 13, 4 ( December 2011): 522–538; Sarah B. Aharoni, “Internal Variation in Norm

Localization: Implementing Security Council Resolution 1325 in Israel,” Social Politics, 21, 1

(Spring 2014): 1-25; *Rai and Waylen, eds., Ch. 8; *Paul Kirby and Laura Shepherd, “The

Futures Past of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda,” International Affairs, 92, 2 (2016),

373-392.

Suggested:

*Laura Shepherd, “Sex, Security and Superhero(in)es: From 1325 to 1820 and Beyond,”

International Feminist Journal of Politics, 13:4 December 2011, 504–521; *Carol Cohn,

“Motives and Methods,” in Brooke Ackerly and Jacqui True, eds., Feminist Methodologies for

International Relations (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

March 22 Human Security and Masculinities

Required: Eichler, Parts I, II; *J. Ann Tickner, A Feminist Voyage through International

Relations (2014), Chs. 8, 11; * Laura Sjoberg, “Seeing Sex, Gender and Sexuality in

International Security,” International Journal, 70, 3 (2015): 434-453; *Heidi Hudson,

“(Re)Framing the Relationship between Discourse and Materiality in Feminist Security Studies

and Feminist IPE,” Politics & Gender, 11, 2 (2015): 413-419.

Suggested: *Fiona Robinson, “The Importance of Care in the Theory and

Practice of Human Security,” Journal of International Political Theory, 4, 2 (2009): 167-188

March 29 Gender, Conflict and Masculinities

Required: Eichler, Parts 3 & 4; *Carol Cohn, “How can She Claim Equality when She Doesn’t

Have to do As Many Pushups as I Do?” Men and Masculinities, 3, 2 (2000); C. Cockburn,

“Gender Relations as Causal in Militarization and War: a Feminist Standpoint” International

Feminist Journal of Politics, 12, 2 (2010); *Hearn, Blagojevic and Harrison, eds., 2013, Ch. 11;

Shir Tekoah and Ayelet Harel-Shalev, “Living in a Movie,” Women’s Studies International

Forum, 44 (May 2014): 26-34; Marianne Bevan and Megan MacKenzie, “’Cowboy’ Policing

vs. ‘the Softer Stuff,’” International Feminist Journal of Politics 14, 4 (2012): 508-528.

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Suggested:

*Paul Kirby and Marsha Henry, “Rethinking Masculinity and Practices of Violence in Conflict

Settings,” International Feminist Journal of Politics, 14, 4 (December 2012): 445-449;

April 5 Gender in Post-Conflict Politics

Required:

*Hearn, Blagojevic, and Harrison, eds., 2013, Chs. 10, 13; Alivelu Ramisetty and Muthoni

Muriu, “When does the End Begin?” Gender & Development, 21, 3 (2013): 489-503; Niall

Gilmartin, “Negotiating New Roles,” International Feminist Journal of Politics, 17, 1 (2015):

58-76; Alice Evans, “For the Elections, We Want Women!” Development and Change, 47, 2

(2016): 388-411; *Tanya Garnett, “Ellen is Our Man,” IFJP, 18, 1 (2016): 99-118; *Melanie

Hughes and Aili Mari Tripp, “Civil War and Trajectories of Change in Women’s Political

Representation in Africa, 1985-2010,” Social Forces (2015); *Carey Hogg, “Women’s Political

Representation in Post-Conflict Rwanda: a Politics of Inclusion or Exclusion?” Journal of

International Women’s Studies, 11, 3 (2009).

Suggested:

*Ashley Currier, “The Aftermath of Decolonization Gender and Sexual Dissidence in

Postindependence Namibia,” Signs, 37, 2 (Winter 2012): 441-467;

Academic Accommodations

The Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC) provides services to students with

Learning Disabilities (LD), psychiatric/mental health disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity

Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), chronic medical conditions, and

impairments in mobility, hearing, and vision. If you have a disability requiring academic

accommodations in this course, please contact PMC at 613-520-6608 or pmc@carleton.ca for a

formal evaluation. If you are already registered with the PMC, contact your PMC coordinator to

send me your Letter of Accommodation at the beginning of the term, and no later than two

weeks before the first in-class scheduled test or exam requiring accommodation (if applicable).

After requesting accommodation from PMC, meet with me to ensure accommodation

arrangements are made. Please consult the PMC website for the deadline to request

accommodations for the formally-scheduled exam (if applicable).

For Religious Observance: Students requesting accommodation for religious observances

should apply in writing to their instructor for alternate dates and/or means of satisfying academic

requirements. Such requests should be made during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as

possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist, but no later than two weeks before

the compulsory academic event. Accommodation is to be worked out directly and on an

individual basis between the student and the instructor(s) involved. Instructors will make

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accommodations in a way that avoids academic disadvantage to the student. Instructors and

students may contact an Equity Services Advisor for assistance (www.carleton.ca/equity).

For Pregnancy: Pregnant students requiring academic accommodations are encouraged to

contact an Equity Advisor in Equity Services to complete a letter of accommodation. Then,

make an appointment to discuss your needs with the instructor at least two weeks prior to the

first academic event in which it is anticipated the accommodation will be required.

Plagiarism: The University Senate defines plagiarism as “presenting, whether intentional or not,

the ideas, expression of ideas or work of others as one’s own.” This can include:

reproducing or paraphrasing portions of someone else’s published or unpublished material, regardless of the source, and presenting these as one’s own without proper citation or reference to the original source;

submitting a take-home examination, essay, laboratory report or other assignment written, in whole or in part, by someone else;

using ideas or direct, verbatim quotations, or paraphrased material, concepts, or ideas without appropriate acknowledgment in any academic assignment;

using another’s data or research findings;

failing to acknowledge sources through the use of proper citations when using another’s works and/or failing to use quotation marks;

handing in "substantially the same piece of work for academic credit more than once without prior written permission of the course instructor in which the submission occurs.

Plagiarism is a serious offence which cannot be resolved directly with the course’s instructor.

The Associate Deans of the Faculty conduct a rigorous investigation, including an interview with

the student, when an instructor suspects a piece of work has been plagiarized. Penalties are

not trivial. They may include a mark of zero for the plagiarized work or a final grade of "F" for the

course.

Submission and Return of Term Work: Papers must be submitted directly to the instructor

according to the instructions in the course outline and will not be date-stamped in the

departmental office. Late assignments may be submitted to the drop box in the corridor outside

B640 Loeb. Assignments will be retrieved every business day at 4 p.m., stamped with that day's

date, and then distributed to the instructor. For essays not returned in class please attach a

stamped, self-addressed envelope if you wish to have your assignment returned by mail.

Final exams are intended solely for the purpose of evaluation and will not be returned.

Grading: Standing in a course is determined by the course instructor, subject to the approval of

the faculty Dean. Final standing in courses will be shown by alphabetical grades. The system of

grades used, with corresponding grade points is:

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Percentage Letter grade 12-point scale Percentage Letter grade 12-point scale

90-100 A+ 12 67-69 C+ 6

85-89 A 11 63-66 C 5

80-84 A- 10 60-62 C- 4

77-79 B+ 9 57-59 D+ 3

73-76 B 8 53-56 D 2

70-72 B- 7 50-52 D- 1

Approval of final grades: Standing in a course is determined by the course instructor subject

to the approval of the Faculty Dean. This means that grades submitted by an instructor may be

subject to revision. No grades are final until they have been approved by the Dean.

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Political Science will be via official Carleton university e-mail accounts and/or cuLearn. As

important course and University information is distributed this way, it is the student’s

responsibility to monitor their Carleton and cuLearn accounts.

Carleton Political Science Society: The Carleton Political Science Society (CPSS) has made

its mission to provide a social environment for politically inclined students and faculty. Holding

social events, debates, and panel discussions, CPSS aims to involve all political science

students at Carleton University. Our mandate is to arrange social and academic activities in

order to instill a sense of belonging within the Department and the larger University community.

Members can benefit through numerous opportunities which will complement both academic

and social life at Carleton University. To find out more, visit

https://www.facebook.com/groups/politicalsciencesociety/

or come to our office in Loeb D688.

Official Course Outline: The course outline posted to the Political Science website is the

official course outline.

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