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Gender and Gender Structures: Changes and Stability in Institutions, Policies and Practices

The purpose of the course is to point to theoretical and empirical tools to assess the continuities and discontinuities in gender relations in advanced industrialized societies.

The course aims to extend the knowledge base of gender in the social sciences, building upon research that recognizes gender as a dynamic and contested research terrain across different sites and within diverse groups. How are gender relations being transformed by changing policies and discourses on gender equality and gender equity? To what extent are these changes producing differences among groups of individuals by age, ethnicity, religion, class and sexualities? These are issues that will be discussed in class, referencing theoretical and empirical tools to assess the continuities and discontinuities in gender relations in advanced industrialized societies.

The course includes a range of lecturers with different expertise in different spheres of gender: work, family, politics, sexualities, and ethnic/gender tensions.

Teaching Format

Course meetings are divided in two parts, combining a lecture by the invited lecturer with a discussion of the literature.

Assessment

Examination will be in two parts:

  1. Students will receive questions on the assigned readings before each seminar meeting. In order to properly understand and discuss these questions, the students need to read the assigned literature prior to each meeting. All students are expected to actively discuss the questions. This means that attendance at the seminar meetings is highly recommended.
  2. An essay of at most 10 pages (excluding references), which addresses a well-defined research question or debate on a topic covered during the course. At the final seminar students will present the topic and the overall framework of their essay to their peers.

Examiner

The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course. We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course, your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course.
Note that the course literature can be changed up to two months before the start of the course.
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Questions about master's studies

For questions about the master’s programmes in Demography and Sociology or our master’s courses, such as admissions, registrations, study breaks and transfer of credits, you are welcome to contact the master's assistant directors.

Anna Borén, Anna Carin Haag

master@sociology.su.se

Study counsellor

For guidance on study techniques, academic planning, grade transfers, certificates, and more.

If you run into problems with your studies, you are welcome to contact the counsellor, who works under a duty of confidentiality.

You can also book a meeting with the counsellor if you need long-term study and career planning.

Maria Lind

studievagledare@sociology.su.se
08163190

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Fredagar 10:00-11:00

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Fridays 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM