GI407
Globalisation, Gender and Development
This information is for the 2017/18 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Anouk Patel-Campillo, Prof Diane Perrons and Prof Naila Kabeer
Availability
This course is compulsory on the MSc in Gender, Development and Globalisation. This course is available on the Global MSc in Management, Global MSc in Management (CEMS MIM), Global MSc in Management (MBA Exchange), MPhil/PhD Human Geography and Urban Studies, MSc in Development Management, MSc in Development Studies, MSc in Gender, MSc in Gender (Research), MSc in Gender, Policy and Inequalities, MSc in Global Politics, MSc in Global Politics, MSc in Human Rights and MSc in Urban Policy (LSE and Sciences Po). This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
This course cannot be taken alongside GI409 Gender, Globalisation and Development: An Introduction, or GI420 Globalisation, Gender and Development: Theorising Policy and Practice.
Course content
This course will provide students with a thorough knowledge of two key interconnected and intersecting literatures: gender and development and gender and globalisation. We begin by defining and theorising gender, development and globalisation and their operation in material spaces, policy and practice.
The first part of the course considers contemporary theories of globalisation and development and the differences that a gender perspective makes. A particular focus is on how globalisation is associated with widening social, spatial, gender and racial inequalities, illustrated by case studies of global integration and uneven development. Specific reference is made to the global division of labour, employment, environmental change, carework and migration; contrasting and alternative models of development within neoliberalism are considered by reference to the development strategies of China and Latin America and their implications for social and gender equalities. The final session brings the issues raised in the first part of the course to a conclusion by reviewing change, continuity and risk in the contemporary globalised world, via a student-led poster session.
The second half of the course is concerned with theorising policies and practice in the field of gender and international development. The course outlines key contributions to the analysis of power within public policy making processes and examines feminist visions of social change which draw on ideas about capabilities, empowerment, citizenship and gender justice to engage with these policy processes. This is explored in greater detail through case studies of feminist struggles over recognition, redistribution and representation as they play out in relation to particular policy issues, namely violence against women, sexual and reproductive rights, microfinance, social protection, gender quotas and collective action.
Teaching
10 hours of lectures and 15 hours of seminars in the MT. 15 hours of lectures and 10 hours of seminars in the LT.
There will be a reading week in both terms in week 6 in line with departmental policy.
Formative coursework
Essay (1500 words) in the MT.
Indicative reading
• Benería, L. Berik, G and Floro, M. (2015) Gender, Development and Globalization: Economics as if All people Mattered, London: Routledge. (2nd Edition).
• Chant, S. (ed.) (2010) International Handbook of Gender and Poverty: Concepts, Research, Policy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
• Cook, S. and Kabeer, N. (2010) Social Protection as Development Strategy, London: Routledge.
• Cornwall, A.,Edstrom, J. and Greig, A. eds. (2011) Men and Development: Politicising Masculinities, London: Zed Books.
• Cornwall, A., Harrison, E. & Whitehead, A. (eds) (2007) Feminisms in Development: contradictions, contestations, and challenges, London: Zed Books.
• Devaki, J. and Elson, D. (2011) Harvesting Feminist Knowledge for Public Policy, IDRC, London: Sage
• Escobar, A. (2011) Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World, Princeton Princeton University Press
• Kabeer, N. (2001) The Power to Chose. Bangladeshi women and labour market decisions in London and Dhaka, London: Verso.
• Kabeer, N. (2003) Gender Mainstreaming in Poverty Eradication and the Millennium Development Goals: a handbook for policy-makers and other stakeholders, London: Commonwealth Secretariat.
• Long, N., Jingzhong,Y., Yihuan,W. (2012) Rural transformations and development- China in context: the everyday lives of policies and people, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
• Marchand, M. and Runyan, A. (2011) Gender and Global Restructuring, second edition London: Routledge.
• Milanovic, B. (2016) Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization, Harvard: Harvard University Press
• Mirchandani, K. (2012) Phone Clones. Authenticity Work in the Transnational Service Economy, Ithaca: ILR Press.
• Ong, A. (2010) Spirits of Resistance and capitalist Discipline, 2nd Edition New York: Suny Press.
• Patel, R. (2010) Working the Night Shift. Women in India’s Call Centres, Stanford: University Press.
• Perrons, D. (2004) Globalization and Social Change, London: Routledge.
• Visvanathan, N. et.al. (2012) The Women, Gender and Development Reader, London: Zed Books.
• Selwyn, B. (2014) The Global Development Crisis, Cambridge: Polity Press.
• Stiglitz, J. (2015) The Great Divide. Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them, London: Penguin.
In addition a range of institutional reports will be referred to including for example
• ILO (2015) World Employment and Social Outlook: The Changing Nature of Jobs, Available at: http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/weso/2015-changing-nature-of-jobs/WCMS_368626/lang--en/index.htm
• UNDP (2014) Gender Equality Strategy 2014-2017. Available at: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/womens-empowerment/gender-equality-strategy-2014-2017/
• UNDP (2012) Powerful Synergies: Gender Equality, Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability. Available at: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/womens-empowerment/powerful-synergies/
• UN Women (2015) Progress of the World’s Women. Transforing Economies, Realizing Rights. Available at: http://progress.unwomen.org/en/2015/
• UNRISD (2015) UNRISD Classics, Volume II: Gendered Dimensions of Development. Available at: http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BCCF9/(httpPublications)/1585F4AEF409C253C1257E2700652AA8?OpenDocument
[Note this is an edited collection of classic articles – take a look at these – you may find some on the reading list – but also see the recently written introduction by Silke Staab and Shahra Razavi]
World Bank (2012) World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development. Available at: http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTWDRS/EXTWDR2012/0,,contentMDK:22999750~menuPK:8154981~pagePK:64167689~piPK:64167673~theSitePK:7778063,00.html
Assessment
Presentation (20%) in the MT.
Essay (30%, 2500 words) in the LT.
Essay (50%, 4000 words) in the ST.
Student performance results
(2013/14 - 2015/16 combined)
| Classification | % of students |
|---|---|
| Distinction | 11.2 |
| Merit | 67.2 |
| Pass | 20 |
| Fail | 1.6 |
Key facts
Department: Gender Studies
Total students 2016/17: 38
Average class size 2016/17: 13
Controlled access 2016/17: Yes
Value: One Unit
Personal development skills
- Self-management
- Team working
- Application of information skills
- Communication
- Specialist skills
