Women in the Global Economy 3.0 UNITS

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This course is an introduction to the global economy from the perspectives of women in the Third World. Drawing from various disciplinary fields such as economics, history, political science, anthropology and postcolonial studies, it examines critically the processes of globalization that impact the multiple identities and oppressions which shape women's lives with respect to race, gender, class and culture. This course studies the consequences of strategies of modernization and neocolonialism employed by institutions of economic development such as the World Bank and International Monetary Funds on the lives of women in the developing countries.This course is not open to students who are currently enrolled in or have completed WGS 206 or WS 206.