This is a required course for IS majors. Meets writing course requirement. Determinants and consequences of fertility and mortality trends and migration in economically developed and underdeveloped areas. Key theoretical pers- pectives and methods to interrogate gender and development are introduced. Current processes of globalization and their potential for changing gender and econ- omic inequalities are assessed.
Students have the opportunity to do community service work as part of the course requirements.
Previous coursework in political science or international studies recommended. Students will be asked to evaluate critically several new approaches to the study of inter- national political economy. A required course for IS majors. Meets writing course requirement. The nation-state system and its alternatives, world distributions of preferences and power, structure of international authority, historical world societies and their politics.