SS5005 - Gender and Development
| Credit points: | 06 |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
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Available to students undertaking postgraduate coursework in Asia- Pacific Community Development studies.
This subject is a high level critical reading subject done as a coursework component of postgraduate studies in Asia-Pacific Community Development. It explores social and economic development theories and their relation to contemporary formations of gender in the Asia-Pacific region. Changing work practices, domestic environments and sexual relations are examined from the perspective of postcolonial, feminist and practice-oriented theory.
Learning Outcomes
- assess changes to family structure in the context of changing patterns of work, poverty and development;
- critically evaluate the link between gender and development through several case studies from the Asia-Pacific region;
- examine the theoretical and ideological issues linking gender and development;
- identify key issues involving gender relations, civil unrest and political reform.
| Prerequisites: | Admission to postgraduate coursework in Asia-Pacific Community studies |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | SS4005 |
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| Census Date 31-Mar-2005 | |
| Coordinator: | aarnb1 |
| Lecturer: | jc128023. |
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