Current Issues in Gender Studies

Hopefully Coospace will synchronize with Neptun soon. Up until that point, here you can find the reading materials for the 1st and 2nd week. Cheers!

Excerpt from the syllabus:

  1. Introduction: Applying critical sociology on theorizing ‘gender’ from a structuralist perspective

  • Kimmel, Michael. 2011. The Social Construction of Gender Relations. In The Gendered Society. New York – Oxford: Oxford University Press. 111-138.

  • Risman, Barbara. 2004. “Gender as a Social Structure.” Gender & Society 18(4): 429-450.

  1. Theorizing the world-system and placing East Central Europe Within it

  • Wallerstein, Immanuel. 1974. “The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System: Concepts for Comparative Analysis.” Comparative Studies in Society and History 16(4): 387-415.

  • Ward, Kathryn B. 1993. Reconceptualizing World System Theory to Include Women. In England, Paula (ed.) Theory on Gender/Feminism on Theory. New York: Aldine de Gruyter. 43-68.