International Relations, Feminisms and Masculinities

Recommended Prerequisites

Knowledge of English.

Teaching Methods

Classes are organized on a theoretical-practical basis and the active participation of students throughout the semester is encouraged (individual and group presentations). In addition to the theoretical framework of the themes, priority will be given to critical content analysis and discussion centered on texts and case studies that illustrate the analyzed themes.

Learning Outcomes

Main learning outcomes:

- Understand how Feminist IR theories and masculinities´studies involve looking at how international politics affects and is affected by both men and women and also how the core concepts that are employed within the discipline of IR (e.g. war, violence, security, peace.) are themselves gendered.

Specific learning outcomes:

- Understand how gender hierarchies structure world politics, and how gender intersects with other identities;

- Develop critical knowledge of feminist perspectives on key aspects of International Relations and Peace Studies;

- Understand theories and studies on masculinities from a feminist perspective. 

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Start me Up: Comparing Feminist Theories of IR.

2. It's the end of the world (as we know it): Feminist reconceptualizations of war, violence, peace and security

3. Is it only about war?: The Women, Peace and Security Agenda(s)

4. Sex(ed) Pistols: Violence, Peace and Masculinities - Understanding Linkages in and outside of Wars

5. Case Studies.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Periodic or by final exam as given in the course information: 100.0%

Bibliography

Barker, G (2005), Dying to be Men. Youth, masculinity and social exclusión. London & New York: Routledge.

Connell, RW (2005, 2nd edition). Masculinities. London & New York: Routledge.

Enloe, C. (1989), Bananas, Beaches, Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics. Berkeley/LA/London: University of California Press.

Enloe, C..(2007). Globalization and Militarization: Feminists Make the Link. London: Rowman & Little.

Moser, C.(2001). “The Gendered Continuum of Violence and Conflict: An Operational Framework.” In Gender, Armed Conflict and Political Violence; Victims, Perpetrators or Actors?, 30–52. London: Zed Books.

Moura, T. (2010), Novíssimas guerras. Espaços, identidades e espirais de violência. Coimbra: CES/Almedina.

Santos, R; Roque, S; Moura, T (2012), “Conexões perdidas: representações de género, violência (armada) e segurança na Resolução 1325”, RCCS 96, 165 -196.

Van Der Gaag, Nikki (2014), Feminism and Men. Zed Books.