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GOVT3986: Gender in Global Politics
2026 unit information
This unit offers a gendered perspective on global politics, with a focus on the intersections of gender with race, coloniality, sexuality, disability and other relations of power. The unit interrogates formal and informal structures of power, analyses differences or similarities among the lived experiences of gendered subjects, and critically assesses broad concerns related to contemporary issues in global politics, including economic development and globalisation, practices of 'gender mainstreaming' in international organistions, migration, peacekeeping, peacebuilding, and postconflict reconstruction, all of which have differently distributed effects for individuals and communities.
Unit details and rules
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Government and International Relations |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Diversity Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 or 3000 level from Government and International Relations |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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GOVT2336 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate an advanced knowledge of leading scholarship and debates on gender, security, and human rights
- LO2. critically examine current events and apply or relate theoretical debates to these events
- LO3. demonstrate advanced written and oral communication skills
- LO4. consider innovative alternatives and solutions to pressing global issues related to gender, security and development
- LO5. engage with scholarship that crosses several disciplines, including international relations, security studies, gender studies, and Indigenous studies.
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Semester 2 2026
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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