SOC 261
Gender Transnatl Perspective

Credit:  3 hours.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a
UIUC Social Sciences course.

Examines how gender inequality is structured on a transnational level. Emphasis will be placed on the interactive relationship among various countries, and how globalization promotes racial, ethnic, sexual, and national hierarchies among women, in both newly and advanced industrialized countries. Same as GWS 261. Prerequisite: SOC 100, GWS 260, or consent of instructor.