POL 6040 Gendered State and Public Policy

The world is shaped by gendered concepts, practices, and institutions. How we perceive, understand, analyze, and critique the world is profoundly shaped by our understandings of sex-gender scripts, roles, and experiences. The nation-state is no exception. However, liberal tradition presents the citizen and the nation-state as unsexed. Feminist theory challenges that notion and argues that sex-gender arrangements and structural political arrangements are inextricably linked and, therefore, gendered power structures are an essential, irreducible aspect of the state and public policy.
Credits: 3.0