402506 SE Politics and Gender
summer semester 2024 | Last update: 12.02.2024 | Place course on memo list402506
SE Politics and Gender
SE 2
4
Block
annually
German
Students have a solid understanding of the key currents in gender studies in political science and are able to analyse the interdependence of gender and other categories – such as ethnicity, class, sexuality – with consideration of historical developments and the potential for change. Students can critically examine various types of political theories and empirical research in terms of their explicit and implicit gender norms. They can independently evaluate political strategies and gender policy in national, European and international contexts.
The seminar deals with current phenomena of right-wing populism and authoritarian tendencies and asks about the meaning and strategic use of gender in right-wing populist parties. From a gender perspective, right-wing populism can be examined and critically questioned in a variety of ways: first at the level of politicians, by examining their gender performance, for example with a view to the staging of political masculinity(s) by female actors. Then at the level of their demands and policy content, for example when the protection of women from sexual violence is demanded, but the threat is seen exclusively from the (Muslim) others. It is important to recognize processes of “othering” and to ask about the feminist nationalist use of gender issues in political discourse. Finally, with regard to voters, we can ask about the ideological and material contexts that make them receptive to right-wing populist identity and affect politics. These ultimately indicate a possible change in political culture or the hegemonic understanding of democracy. In the seminar we want to examine some of these connections between gender and populism using selected topics such as migration, women* in right-wing parties, anti-gender mobilization or masculinist identity politics with regard to current threats to democracy
Text readings, discussion, presentation, written work
Mandatory and written contributions
Will be announced in the seminar.
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- Interfakultäre Studien
- Faculty of Social and Political Sciences
- SDG 5 - Gender equality: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
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Fri 2024-03-15
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09.45 - 15.00 | eLecture - online eLecture - online | ||
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Fri 2024-04-26
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09.45 - 16.45 | HS 1 (Sowi) HS 1 (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
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Sat 2024-04-27
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09.45 - 15.00 | HS 1 (Sowi) HS 1 (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
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Fri 2024-05-24
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09.45 - 16.45 | HS 2 (Sowi) HS 2 (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |