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Students are able to describe the historical development and cultural variability of societal orders. They are able to critically reflect cultural codes of gender in the context of Western social and cultural thought and in social science discourses of modernity. They can evaluate political strategies of gender policy at national, European and international level.

The lecture gives an overview of sociological perspectives in gender studies. It presents historical and recent research approaches and results of empirical analyses.  The lecture focuses on the changes of gender relations, for example in labour markets and politics, in the context of capitalist develooment as well as in relation to globalization and migration societies. Additionally social movements and feminist analyses, as well as research perspectives of intersectionality, care theories and lesbian and gay studies are introduced.

Lectures

Written test at the end of the summer term; further examination dates in the winter term (beginning and mid-term).

Aulenbach, Brigitte, Meuser, Michael, Riegraf, Birgit (Hrsg.) (2010): Soziologische Geschlechterforschung: Eine Einführung. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag (eBook über UBI verfügbar).

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