GV524-6-AU-CO:
Gender and Leadership
2021/22
Government
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 07 October 2021
Friday 17 December 2021
15
31 March 2021
Requisites for this module
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This module will focus on the role of women in diverse global leadership positions, including how gender roles and norms have affected the integration and advancement of women in business and governmental organizations.
Following an introduction to theories and literature of gender and leadership roles, we will address the empirical record of gender issues in the business, government and international security realms. We will conclude with an evaluation of whether and how gendered leadership leads to distinct policy outcomes and political deliberative processes.
The course will engage with themes in the scholarly literature from political science, psychology, business and management, peace and conflict studies, and sociology. Topics and evidence will cover every major world region, and methodological approaches will include both qualitative case studies and quantitative studies modeled on behavioral economics and political psychology.
The aims of the module are:
1. To provide students with a solid foundation of knowledge about how gender-based distinctions and inequities have been theorized, conceptualized, and measured in the fields of political science and social psychology.
2. To engage with a wide range of applied empirical material relating to gender-based distinctions and inequities in the economic, political, and social arenas.
3. To present a range of contemporary societal and political gender issues, which are discussed both from a theoretical point of view and an empirical perspective.
4. To distinguish the effectiveness of business- and state-sponsored policies in combatting gender inequality.
By following this module, students will gain the following skills:
1. Identify and employ appropriate material that contains required information and data.
2. Synthesize current controversies on the causes of gender disparities in leadership roles using the theories and empirical materials discussed in the course.
3. Formulate arguments clearly and coherently in both written and oral forms.
4. Conduct basic analysis of gender-based quantitative and/or qualitative leadership data.
5. Devise and appraise measures of gender and gender-bias in political behavior analysis.
Weekly topics:
1. Theories of gender and leadership
2. Causes of the double bind
3. Solutions to and new challenges of the double bind
4. Gender incongruence and leadership stereotypes
5. Challenges to women's leadership in conflict-ridden societies
6. Women's contributions to post-conflict governance
7. Who governs? Gendered characteristics in leadership ascension processes
8. Gender-based differences in deliberation: mechanisms
9. Gender-based differences in deliberation: substance
10. What does gendered governance look like?
This module will be taught in a weekly 2-hour seminar. In the first part of the seminar, the module supervisor will present a lecture. The second part of the seminar is devoted to class discussion. Student participation in the second half of the seminar is absolutely crucial. Students are expected to do the required reading for each seminar and to be prepared to engage in discussion on this material.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Test 1 |
|
30% |
| Coursework |
Test 2 |
|
30% |
| Coursework |
Essay |
|
40% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Yes
Yes
No
Dr Katharine Dommett
The University of Sheffield
Senior Lecturer
Available via Moodle
Of 20 hours, 17 (85%) hours available to students:
3 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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