SOC 573 Gender, Globalization and Inequality
Looking at the diversity of gender patterns across societies is an excellent way to understand the nature of social shaping and gender structures in an age of globalization. In our examination of gender in the U.S., Latin America, Africa, Eastern and Western Europe, Asia and other countries we will see that gender is master status that is connected with attitudes and behaviors of men and women in all areas of social life - family, school, work, community, law, medicine, politics, religion. Gender differences often involve unequal statuses. In this course we will use recent research and theory to try and understand the way in which gender structures are involved with globalization processes at individual, community and national levels.