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58275-01 - Seminar: Women and other Underrepresented Groups in Politics (3 KP)
| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2020 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Stefanie Bailer (stefanie.bailer@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | This seminar examines current studies in political studies concerning the underrepresentation women and other groups in politics. We explore the gender and minorities gap in political interest, participation, in descriptive and substantive representation and in political careers. Particular attention will be paid to the role of women, ethnic minorities and lower class representatives. When reading and discussing the various studies the following questions will be tackled: - Why are women and ethnic minorities underrepresented in politics? - Does it make a difference whether these groups are represented in parliament, government and higher positions? - Which measures may be introduced to change the underrepresentation and how effective are they? Based on theories of representation we will study empirical-analytical approaches to find out how these questions can be analysed in seminar and master’s theses. |
| Lernziele | - Knowledge of representation literature - Insight in different ways to study representation of different groups in politics - Thorough evaluation of pros and cons of different research design and methods to prepare the writing of seminar and masters theses |
| Literatur | - Bernauer, J., Giger, N. & Rosset, J. (2015) Mind the gap: Do proportional electoral systems foster a more equal representation of women and men, poor and rich? International Political Science Review, 36, 78-98. - Bird, K., Saalfeld, T. & Wüst, A. M. (2010) The political representation of immigrants and minorities: Voters, parties and parliaments in liberal democracies, Routledge. - Carnes, N. (2015) Does the descriptive representation of the working class “crowd out” women and minorities (and vice versa)? Evidence from the Local Elections in America Project. Politics, Groups, and Identities, 3, 350-365. - Celis, K. & Lovenduski, J. (2018) Power struggles: gender equality in political representation. European Journal of Politics and Gender, 1, 149-166. - Childs, S. & Lovenduski, J. (2013) Political Representation. IN Waylen, G., Celis, K., Kantola, J. & Weldon, S. L. (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Gender and Politics. Oxford, Oxford University Press. - Giger, N., Rosset, J. & Bernauer, J. (2012) The poor political representation of the poor in a comparative perspective. Representation, 48, 47-61. - Krook, M. L. (2019) New Horizons in Women's Political Rights. IN Susan Franceschet, M. L. K., and Netina Tan (Ed.) The Palgrave Handbook of Women’s Political Rights. London, Palgrave Macmillan. - Krook, M. L. & Norris, P. (2014) Beyond Quotas: Strategies to Promote Gender Equality in Elected Office. Political Studies, 62, 2-20. - Saalfeld, T. & Bischof, D. (2013) Minority-Ethnic MPs and the Substantive Representation of Minority Interests in the House of Commons, 2005–2011. Parliamentary Affairs, 66, 305-328. |
| Bemerkungen | Attention: All Seminars will be graded in the Department of Political Science with the beginning of the FS20 semester. Grading scale 6.0 to 1.0, whereupon 4.0 is a pass. The number of participants is limited to 30 people. The places are assigned according to date of enrollment and subject of study. Priority will be given to students of Political Science. |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | The number of participants is limited to 30 people. The places are assigned according to date of enrollment and subject of study. Priority will be given to students of Political Science. |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | The number of participants is limited to 30 people. The places are assigned according to date of enrollment and subject of study. Priority will be given to students of Political Science. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul: Regionaler Fokus B.A. (Bachelor Studienfach: Politikwissenschaft) Modul: Regionaler Fokus M.A. (Master Studienfach: Politikwissenschaft) Modul: Themenfelder der Geschlechterforschung (Bachelor Studienfach: Geschlechterforschung) Modul: Vertiefung Politikwissenschaft B.A. (Bachelor Studienfach: Politikwissenschaft) Modul: Vertiefung Politikwissenschaft M.A. (Master Studienfach: Politikwissenschaft) Modul: Vertiefung Themenfelder der Geschlechterforschung (Master Studienfach: Geschlechterforschung) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | - Learning Journal contributions possibly including one film analysis - Presentation in class (possibility to compensate with learning journal contributions) Attention: All Seminars will be graded in the Department of Political Science with the beginning of the FS20 semester. Grading scale 6.0 to 1.0, whereupon 4.0 is a pass. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | 1-6 0,5 |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Politikwissenschaft |