• Fall 2013 J. Bayes Email:
    Office: Sierra Tower 230
    Hrs: TTh 10:45-11:30: 1:45-2:30;
    WOMEN AND POLITICS
    COURSE REQUIREMENTS
    HOUSEKEEPING NOTES
    1) In this class we will be using the campus communication system, Moodle. Your first housekeeping assignment will be to forward your email messages from your CSUN gmail account to the account that you access daily or regularly IF you do not access your CSUN gmail account regularly.
    2) The first assignment is to fill out an index card with your full name, the email address you use daily or most frequently, your telephone information (home, work, cell) and the hours when it is okay to call or not okay to call. The phone information is not required but can be very helpful during the semester. Should I need to contact you.. I will explain in class how to do this.
    3) For help on Moodlesee which has a Moodle FAQ and links to "Moodle Essential Training for Students" videos available to all CSUN students through Lynda.com. If you have basic login questions, go to the IT Help Desk at extension 1400. If you have a more advanced and Moodle-specific question then you can call (818) 677-3443
    4) If you want to send me an email, please label is PS448 plus your last name. If your name is Mary Smith, the email you send to me should be labeled PS471B Smith in the subject heading. Otherwise it may get lost in my junk mail and I will not receive it.
    PURPOSE OF THE COURSE
    The first purpose of this course is to study women, power, and politics by studying the political position of women in the United States and in the world by focusing on 1) THE FAMILY: reproduction, marriage, domestic violence, and sexuality; 2) THE ECONOMY: globalization, immigration, education, health; and 3) POLITICS, equality/difference debate, gender gap, political participation, women’s mobilization, women decision-makers and public policy. We will begin with a general discussion of the concept of power in political science and throughout the course apply it using a variety of feminist perspectives. The second purpose is to introduce class members to the variety of ways women are politically active locally in Los Angeles and globally in the world. For the purposes of assessment, students who complete this course successfully should demonstrate a global perspective and choose appropriate disciplinary theories, concepts, frameworks to organize and analyze. They should also be able to identify and describe political issues and institutions involved in solving these issues.
    COURSE REQUIREMENTS;
    I. Get your email forwarded if necessary and post on Moodle a message to me with the following information: PS448, your full name spelled out, the name you prefer to be called, your email address that you use most frequently, your phone numbers (home, work, cell) and the times when it is okay to call or not okay to call. The phone information is optional but can be very helpful if I need to get in touch with you or others in your group need to contact you during the semester.
    II. CLASS PARTICIPATION - 20%
    1. Coming to class having done the reading for each class period.( Class attendance is important. Students missing more than three classes will have their grades lowered).
    2. Participating in class discussions and being prepared especially when called to report on an assignment which your group was assigned in a previous class.
    3. Bringing to class examples from newspapers or other places that illustrate issues or problems being discussed in the course.
    4. Being responsible for answering questions about the reading and raising discussion questions when you or your group are assigned to report on a reading.
    II. FIELD WORK ON WOMEN IN LOS ANGELES WITH JOURNAL Your JOURNAL IS DUE Dec 5: 15%
    For the journal, you will have three assignments.
    A. An interview that you do with an older female (or male) relative, friend, or acquaintance which you record in your journal. ( I will provide instructions.) This is due on November 5 to be submitted on Moodle.
    PLUS
    B. A field visit to a Los Angeles women’s organization which you write up and record in your journal (I will supply lists) OR
    An interview with a woman leader or professional that you might like to emmulate in Los Angeles which you write up and record in your journal. ( I will supply suggestions.)
    OR
    C.3 hours of attendance at a community women’s event or lecture or film.
    III. ONE SHORT THREE PAGE PAPER.. This will be graded as a check plus, a check, or a check minus.
    THIS PAPER IS ASSIGNMENT - DUE ON and should be submitted onMoodle.:
    IV. TWO MIDTERM EXAMINATIONS– EACH 20% tentatively on – October 11 and November 22
    V.A FINAL EXAMINATION - 25%
    PLEASE NOTE THAT CLASS PARTICIPATION (INCLUDING ATTENDANCE) IS A LARGE PART OF THE GRADE.
    NOTICE: LATE PAPERS AND JOURNALS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY MARKED DOWN A GRADE POINT. THE TWO PAPERS AND THE JOURNAL MUST BE COMPLETED AND TURNED IN BY DEC 6 OR THE ENTIRE GRADE FOR THE CLASS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY MARKED DOWN BY A GRADE POINT. GET YOUR WORK IN ON TIME!
    ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
    In this class, we will be using moodle to facilitate our work. I will divide you into study groups to enable email and other communication. In addition, I may send readings to you by email occasionally.
    Grades for the course will be A, A-, B+,B, B-, etc. Any cheating or plagiarism (representing the work of another as one’s own) will be rewarded with an “F” and may result in further disciplinary measures.
    Plagiarism (representing as one’s own the work of another) or cheating will be awarded with and “F” and further disciplinary action may be taken.
    It is unacceptable to turn in a paper that is being turned in for credit in another class or which has been used for class credit in a previous semester. Such violations will also result in an F.
    Makeup examinations will be given by appointment and only in my office hours on T Th 2-3:15. In general, makup examinations will be graded considerably harder than those taken at the scheduled times.
    READINGS AND BOOKS
    Required:
    Valentine M. MoghadamGlobalizing Women: Transnational Feminist Networks. Baltimore:John Hopkins 2005 Around $10 on amazon.com, perhaps cheaper elsewhere on the internet.
    Mary HawkesworthPolitical Worlds of Women. Rowman and Littlefield 2012.
  • Political Science Department Student Code of Conduct
    Students may not intentionally engage in any sort of behavior that is disruptive to the classroom. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
    - entering the class late or leaving early;
    - going in and out of the classroom to visit the restroom or get a drink of water. Please do this before or
    after class unless it is an emergency
    - engaging in non-class related conversation with classmates;
    - receiving or answering cellular phone calls or pages in non-emergencies. Please turn cell phones OFF.
    - sleeping in class.
    - using a personal computer for anything other than taking notes in class. I will ban all computers in class if this privilege is being abused.
    Policy on Plagiarism and Cheating
    The CSUN catalog defines plagiarism as “intentionally or knowingly representing the words, ideas, or work of another as one’s own in academic exercise.” The Political Science Department does not tolerate plagiarism or academic dishonesty of any kind and will pursue plagiarism and academic dishonesty cases to the full extent allowed by CSUN rules, including expulsion from the university. At the minimum, based on the discretion of the instructor, students found guilty of plagiarism or cheating may receive an “F” in the course and their case may be referred to the appropriate university offices for further administrative action.
    ASSIGNMENTS
    I. INTRODUCTION – Power, Powerlessness and Gender Aug 28, 30, Sept 4, 6, 11
    NOTICE : Whenever you send me an email in relation to this class, PLEASE LABEL IT “ PS 448 plus your last name” Otherwise, I may well miss it or it may get put into my junk mail. Your first assignment for this class is to:
    YOUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT FOR THIS CLASS:
    1) In this course, we will be using Moodle, the information system for the university. I MUST BE ABLE TO CONTACT YOU BY EMAIL through Moodle. This means that if you do not check your CSUN gmail account regularly, you should have your email in your gmail CSUN account forwarded to the email address that you do check regularly. You can do this by googling csun.edu and clicking on Northridge portal and then clicking on Moodle. Go to the top right hand corner settings where there are 2 tabs, one says forwarding – pop/imap. Click on forward and add your forwarding address. For any questions, contact the tech help desk at 818-677 1400..
    For help with Moodle see website, which has a Moodle FAQ and links to "Moodle Essential Training for Students" videos available to all CSUN students through Lynda.com. If you have basic login questions, call the IT Help Desk at extension 1400. If they have a more advanced and Moodle-specific question then you can call 818) 677-3443.
    2) Fill out an index card in class with your full name, the email address that you use most frequently, your telephone information ( home, work, cell) and the times when it is okay to call or not okay to call. The phone information is not required but can be very helpful during the semester. Do not include any number where you do not want to be reached.
    3) Make email contact with all of those who are in your group sometime between Aug 28 and Sept 6 so that you all know you have accurate email addresses and telephone numbers for one another.
    Required Reading:
    1) John Gaventa “Power and Powerlessness’ pp 1-32. in Reader and on Moodle
    2) ChandraTalpadeMohanty “Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial
    Discourses” in Chandra TalpadeMohanty Feminism Without Borders Duke U. Press 2003 On moodle and in reader
    3) Cynthia Enloe Excerpts from Curious Feminist – In Reader and on moodle
    4) Film: “Killing Us Softly”

  • II. GENDER REGIMES and GENDER POWER,– September 11,13, 18, 20 (Weeks 3&4)
    Required Reading:
    1)J. Bayes “ Globalization and Gender Regime Change” APSA paper ( Reader and on moodle
    2) Patricia Donohue-White “‘The Feminist Pope’?paper presented at APSA (Reader and on moodle
    3) bell hooksAin’t I a Woman? Chapters 1&2
    3) Aida Hurtado “Relating to Privilege: Seduction and Rejection in the Subordination of White Women and Women of Color”
    4) Joan Scott. “Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis” American Historical Review.Vol 91, No 5, Dec 1986 pp. 1053-1075. in reader and available on JSTOR on line
    5) Mary Hawkesworth. “Engendering Political Science”Gender and Politics March 2005 i.
    III.THE FAMILY AND GENDER REGIMES IN THE WORLD- (Weeks 4 & 5) Sept 25, 27, Oct 2,4 )
    In this section of the course, I will assign students to research and report in class on family and gender regimes in the past and today in the following countries: Mexico, Canada, the US, China, India. Each student will be responsible for reading about one country and preparing a written 3 page paper to present in class. This paper is to be turned in at the time of your country presentation.
    Required Reading: for everyone:
    Laura Nader. “The Subordination of Women in Comparative Perspective” in Urban Anthropology and
    Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development 15. (Fall-Winter 1986) 377-397)
    For Groups: Everyone should research and prepare a 3 page paper for one country but read about at least two countries: You should be aware of issues involving marriage, divorce, dowry, sons, inheritance, domestic violence, filial duty.
    Mexico:PatriciaBegné “Women and the Struggle for Democracy in Mexico.” In Women, Democracy
    and Globalization in North America (WDGNA) pp. 29-50 –
    Canada: Lois Harder: “Women and Politics in Canada” in WDGNA pp 51-76
    US Mary Hawkesworth “ “Women’s Struggle for Political Equality in the US” WDGNA pp 77-106.
    bell hooksAin’t I a Woman , Chapters 1 & 2.
    Francesca M. Cancian “Love and Power:Types of Marriage in the U.S.” in Urban Anthropology
    vol 15. 3-4 1986
    ChinaZangXiaowei “Family, Kinship, Marriage and Sexuality” in Understanding China 2003. (Reader)
    Laura Bossen “Women and Development” in Understanding China ( (Reader and on moodle
    Rita S. Gallin “Wife Abuse in the Context of Development and Change: A Chinese ) Taiwanese)
    Case” in Visvanathan (Reader)
    Dalsimer and Nisonoff “Abuses against Women and Girls under the one-child Family - on moodle and in reader
    Plan in the People’s Republic of China” in Visvanathan on moodle and in Reader)
    IndiaSen “ Subordination and Sexual Control” from Visvanathan et al ed The Women, Gender & Development Reader -
    Barbara Crossette. “The Role of Women” in Understanding India 2003
    VibhaPinglé “Caste” in Understanding India 2003 (
    IranFilm : Divorce Iranian Style
    Afshar, “Women, Marriage and the State in Iran” in Visvanathan et al. 317 –319 Reader and on moodle
    80 minutes
    Out of Class Films : King of Masks (China)
    Oct 9: REVIEW DAY
    OCTOBER 11 : FIRST MIDTERM EXAMINATION
    IV. MODERNIZATION, GLOBALIZATION, KNOWLEDGE, POWER AND THE ECONOMIC POSITION OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN THE WORLD: (Weeks 7 & 8 ) Oct 16, 18, 23, 25
    Required Reading:
    1.Hawkesworth. Political Worlds of Women (PWW) Ch 2 excerpts: 46-66. "Demography to Development: Women's Worlds and the Politics of Knowledge" pp 46-66.
    2) Moghadam. Chap 2 "Globalizing Women" Chap 2 "Globalization and its Discontents" pp 21-49
    3) Moghadam. Chap 3 "Female Labor, Regional Crises and Feminist Responses"
    2.bell hooks chapters 3,4 & 5 on moodle
    3. Cynthia Enloe – Curious Feminist – “The Globetrotting Sneaker” - Reader and on moodle
    4. Moghadam Chap 1”Globalizing Women” and Chap 3 “Female Labor,
    Regional Crises and Feminist Responses”
    5.Hochchild, Arlie. “Global Care Chains and Emotional Surplus Value” in Giddens and Hutton
    eds. Global Capitalism 2001. in Reader and on moodle
    6 . Film: either “Made in Thailand” or “Global Assembly Line”
    Older Woman Short Paper - 3 pages - constitutes one of three Journal projects.
    During this section of the course, each student will interview an older female relative, friend, or acquaintance asking that woman to describe gender relations in her family when she was growing up and what a typical workday – including paid and unpaid work – was for her when she was in her 20s or 30s. – ie what activities would typically occur during the day beginning with getting up in the morning and ending with going to bed at night. Then, you will ask her what major changes she sees between how life was for her when she was your age and how it is for you or a young woman today. This will constitute your paper which you will turn in.Next interview yourself – or if male- a female friend your age asking for the same information about gender relations in the family and a typical workday. You will record this in your journal and be prepared to tell your study group or the class about them if called upon to do so. Your observations should be about changes in family structure and changes in work between yourself or someone of your generation and the older woman. Be sure to include some biographical information about your interviewee and yourself.
    THIS IS DUE ON MOODLE ON OCT 25
    V. WOMEN & THE STATE: THE PROBLEM: Weeks 9, 10 Oct 30, Nov 1.6,8
    Required:
    1) Hawkesworth. PWW Chap 3 "Producing Raced Gendered Citizens"
    2) Hawkesworth PWW Chap 4 "From Politics of Identity to Identity Politics"
    3) Paula Giddings “The Women’s Movement and Black Discontent” in When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America 2001 in Reader and on moodle
    4). Denise Segura and Beatriz M Pesquera “Beyond Indifference and Antipathy: The Chicana
    Movement and Chicana Feminist Discourse” in Noriega et al. The Chicano Studies Reader: 2001.in Reader and on moodle
    5). Ester Ngan-Ling Chow “The Feminist Movement: Where Are All the Asian Women?”in
    Making Waves: An Anthology of Writings By and About Asian American Women ed. Asian Women United of California. onmoodle and in reader
    VI. WOMEN AND POLITICAL ACTION Weeks 11,12 Nov. 13,15,
    Required:
    1) Hawkesworth PWW Chap 1 "Political Leadership, Gendered Institutions and the Politics of Exclusion." pp 46-66.
    2) Hawkesworth. PWW Chap 5 "Engaging the State" pp 151-186.
    3. Video “One Woman, One Vote”
    4. The Internet: see
    Check out the Center for Women and Politics
    5. Mary Hawkesworth “Women’s Struggle for Political Equality in the United States. onmoodle and in reader
    SECOND MIDTERM REVIEW on Nov 15,
    SECOND MIDTER EXAM on November 20.
    THANKSGIVING VACATION Nov 22:
    VII WOMEN'S POLITICAL ACTION : Women’s Movements vs Feminist Movements;(Weeks 13 14) Nov 27, 29 Dec 4 , Dec 6,
    Required: I will make assignments
    1) Hawkesworth.PWW Chap 6 "Becoming the State" 187-214
    2) Hawkesworth PWW Chap 7 "Promoting Equality" pp 219-220 ; 234-247.
    3)Bayes “Scattered Hegemonies” on moodle
    4) Hawkesworth PWW Chap 8 "International and Transnational Poolitical Activism" pp 249-261
    5) Moghadam. "Globalizing Women" Chapter,5,"From Structural Adjustment to Global Trade Agenda: DAWN, WIDE and WEDO"; pp105-141
    6) Moghadam. "Globalizing Women" Chap 6."Feminists and Fundamentalists" pp
    JOURNALS DUE ON DEC 6. (I will not accept late journals)
    CONCLUSION: LAST DAY OF CLASS: Review Day- Dec 6.
    FINAL EXAMINATION: Thursday, Dec 13, 2011; 12:45-2:45