POLS 261 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Marxist Feminism, World Politics

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 261
• Professor: Stefanievon Hlatky

Document Summary

Marxism vs. soviet socialism: dictatorial monopoly of political power. Not hugely ir related, marxist framework isn"t common see a lot more feminist scholarship in it"s place. Dependency school and the world-system: core/periphery in global economy (wallerstein) Clear economic relationship between means of production. Economic development is the motor of history. Socially constructed role of women in world politics. Critical world feminism- critique of the way the world is vs non-critical scholarship such as liberal thought. Liberal feminist scholars: why is there the gender gap (especially in foreign policy, armed forces) Marxist feminists: women"s inequality in the capitalist system: who owns property, who has economic power how little women actually own. Post-modern feminists: critique of how identities are constructed; question the male-female binary. Most influential in world politics and feminism. Similarity between constructivists and feminism: identity can inform ir and how the political system is formed.