MA Gender and Politics
Respond to the increased salience of sex, gender and sexuality in transnational politics. This course will provide the opportunity to study the relationship between sex, gender, and sexuality - including their intersection with race, ability and class - within the contemporary postcolonial world order. This course will give you a firm grounding in the fundamental relationship between gender and politics by taking an intersectional approach. Backlash and Co-optation: Feminism, Anti-Racism and Human Rights Politics During the second semester and vacation you'll consolidate your interests in a on a topic of your choice. A post-colonial critique of the UK Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative 'Don’t Let it Distract You': Why Race and Gender Matters in Drone Warfare 'A man’s world and I am just playing into it!': A Feminist Examination of Women’s Experiences and Behaviours on Mobile Dating Apps Transnormativity, Sexuality, and Gender Conformity: Trans Acceptance within the Heterosexual Matrix Human Rights and the decriminalization of abortion in El Salvador" Race and Gender under Neoliberalism: Austerity and labour in Chile and the UK' The study of gender as both a topic within and a lens to view politics is a really insightful and interesting endeavor. It makes you consider how the world around you operates differently, and the exposure to a wide range of theorists makes you see things in new and exciting ways! Rachel Yeldham, former Politics student Although students may decide to purchase some textbooks or other resources, we have an extensive physical and electronic library, so that there is no requirement to do so. You will be based in the on Campus West. Most teaching will take place nearby.
Respond to the increased salience of sex, gender and sexuality in transnational politics. This course will provide the opportunity to study the relationship between sex, gender, and sexuality - including their intersection with race, ability and class - within the contemporary postcolonial world order. This course will give you a firm grounding in the fundamental relationship between gender and politics by taking an intersectional approach. Backlash and Co-optation: Feminism, Anti-Racism and Human Rights Politics During the second semester and vacation you'll consolidate your interests in a on a topic of your choice. A post-colonial critique of the UK Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative 'Don’t Let it Distract You': Why Race and Gender Matters in Drone Warfare 'A man’s world and I am just playing into it!': A Feminist Examination of Women’s Experiences and Behaviours on Mobile Dating Apps Transnormativity, Sexuality, and Gender Conformity: Trans Acceptance within the Heterosexual Matrix Human Rights and the decriminalization of abortion in El Salvador" Race and Gender under Neoliberalism: Austerity and labour in Chile and the UK' The study of gender as both a topic within and a lens to view politics is a really insightful and interesting endeavor. It makes you consider how the world around you operates differently, and the exposure to a wide range of theorists makes you see things in new and exciting ways! Rachel Yeldham, former Politics student Although students may decide to purchase some textbooks or other resources, we have an extensive physical and electronic library, so that there is no requirement to do so. You will be based in the on Campus West. Most teaching will take place nearby.
