WOMEN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (ECO 210)

Term: Fall 2008

Faculty

	Phil Davis TaylorShow MyInfo popup for Phil Davis Taylor
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	Office hours: Monday 11:00 AM to 11:55 AM Monday 11:00 AM to 11:55 PM Wednesday 11:00 AM to 11:55 AM Wednesday 11:00 AM to 11:55 PM Friday 11:00 AM to 11:55 AM Friday 11:00 AM to 11:55 PM

Schedule

Mon-Wed-Fri, 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM (8/13/2008 - 12/5/2008) Location: MAIN LIB 107

Description

210: Women and Economic Development.
Goal: To study the impact of economic change on women by analyzing how age, sex and race hierarchies modify changes in women's roles in different societies of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Content: This course will focus on the effects of economic growth on the socioeconomic status of women. Most importantly, students will study the means by which patriarchy has persisted in various parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America by redefining itself, even as economies have modernized.
Taught: Fall, Spring.
Gen. Ed. Category: Expanding; Women's Experiences; (PS).
Credit: 3 hours; cross-listed as BUS 210 and WST 210.