Gender, Race and Class in the Global Political Economy

Program Overview

Why are men paid more than women in most parts of the world? How much is feminised, unpaid labour worth and should it be waged? How does gender structure affect how we participate in economic life? Our Gender in Global Political Economy short course equips you with the tools of analysis to answer these important questions.

You will study concepts and theories developed by feminist political economists alongside other theorists of social inequality and exploitation. You will also develop your ability to use economic data, policy reports, activist publications and archival material in original political economic analysis.

Gender in Global Political Economy offers you a solid grounding in important works of scholarship which have detailed how gendered power ‘works’ in the organisation of the global political economy, as well as how gender is produced through political economic structures and processes. You will become familiar with the main arguments and conceptual developments within the broad areas of feminist political economy in relation to other key approaches to inequality and exploitation in the global political economy.

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The Gender in Global Political Economy short course is ideal for those working in the NGO or policy sector who wish to expand their understanding of concepts such as social reproduction and the feminisation of labour, or who want to know more about women’s unpaid work, gender pay gaps, and gendered forms of exploitation in the global economy.

Assessment is via two 1500-word learning journals (20% each), a 2000-word final essay (50%) and seminar participation (10%).

15 credits at level 5