This class introduces students to the complex issues of democracy, politics and development in South Asia, also home to quarter of the world's population. Further, it aims to use evidence from South Asia — focusing on the cases of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka — to shed light on some of the central questions in the study of comparative and international politics.
POLI 456: Gender and Development (Fall 2024)
This course will examine how formal and informal institutions, and development processes have shaped gender inequality across the economic, social and political sphere. This course is a research seminar aimed at equipping students with the tools to conduct academic research. The final output of this course will be a research paper and students will work through different components of their paper through the course.
