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1、Sex,Markets,andPowerPoliticalScience427Monday/Wednesday10:30-11:45FrancesRosenbluth304BrewsterHall432-5256CourseDescription:Thiscourseconsidershowwomen’ssocio-economicstatusandpoliticalpowerhasvariedacrosstime(inhistoricalperspective)andplace(inAsia,Africa,Europe,andtheAmericas).We
2、willemploythreeanalyticallensestohelpusinterpretwhatwesee:biology,markets,andpower.Theselenseswillhelpusunderstandhowissuesspecifictowomenrelatetodebatesinmainstreampoliticaleconomy.Howdoesthesexwithwhichyouwerebornmatter,andwhy?Howdodifferentformsofeconomicproductionaffectthedistr
3、ibutionofresourcesbetweenmenandwomen?Whatgeneratesandsustainspowerstructuresthatarerelativelypatriarchalormatriarchalormixed?Wewillexaminearangeofsubstantiveissuesthatconcernwomeninawiderangeofsocietiestogaugewhichkindsofexplanationsarethemostpersuasive.CourseRequirements:1.3short(
4、3-5page)papers,handedinatthebeginningofanythreeweeksofthecourse,thatgrapplewiththequestionposedinthesyllabus.2.Aone-hourin-classmidtermexam(30%ofgrade).3.An8-pagetakehomeexam.CourseScheduleandReadings:PartI:TheoreticalLensesWeek1.Introduction:Sex,Markets,andPowerWeek2.WhySexMatters
5、Q:Whatisthestrongestcasefortheargumentthatbiologymattersforhumanbehavior?Whatisthestrongestcaseyoucanmakethatitdoesnot?·DeborahBlum.1997.SexontheBrain:TheBiologicalDifferencesBetweenMenandWomen.NewYork:PenguinBooks.Introduction,chapters4,6,7,9.·MelvinKonner.1999.“Darwin’sTruth,Jeff
6、erson’sVision,”TheAmericanProspectOnline.Week3.MarketsQ:Whatisgoodabouteconomicdivisionoflabor?Whatarethecosts,andwhobearsthem?Howshouldweevaluatethecostsandbenefits?·GaryBecker.1981.“HumanCapital,Effort,andtheSexualDivisionofLabor,”inATreatiseontheFamily.HarvardUniversityPress.pp.
7、54-79.·GaryBecker.1974.“ATheoryofMarriage:PartII,”JournalofPoliticalEconomy.·SivGustafsson.1997.“FeministNeo-ClassicalEconomics:SomeExamples,”inGeskeDijkstraandJannekePlantenga,eds.,GenderandEconomics:AEuropeanPerspective.Routledge.pp.36-53.·ElissaBraunsteinandNancyFolbre.2001.“ToH
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