POSC240 Lecture 3: Feminism
9 Aug 2016
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Globalization is the step- by-step process by which anything becomes more interdependent and coordinated across nat"l borders (movies, vegetable production, law enforcement) Militarization adopt militarized values (belief in hierarchy, obedience and use of force) and priorities as one"s own, to see military solutions as particularly effective. Border politics; executive nail security orders; demotion of civil liberties; labor relations. Not just military leaders, presidents, diplomats and businessmen, but their wives, Women account for 90% of casualties of war. Gender is a lens (just like other theories)- helps us see what is often taken for granted. Think about women in gendered global structures and processes. Feminism promotes a bottom-up rather than a top down approach to studying global. Feminist ir makes the links o o secretaries and daughters who make global politics what they are o o o o politics. Set socially and culturally constructed characteristics that vary across time and space o o.
