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IAPA 1701M Justice, Gender, and Markets
Th 4pm-6:30pm in 111 Thayer St-Watson Institute 112 | Instructor Vibha Pingle
How do poor women connect to markets? How have philosophical ideas about gender influenced ideas about gender and justice and consequently, gender, justice and markets? Answering these questions helps us explore how justice, gender, and markets interact and the conditions that keep millions of women trapped in poverty. They help us understand the history of entrepreneurship by women and the role entrepreneurship plays in empowering women. Such an understanding, is of course, a critical step to help us develop policies and programs that support women seeking to escape entrenched poverty. (Jr Seminar, WRIT)
IAPA 1802D The Environmental Movement in Comparative Perspective
Th 4pm-6:30pm in Page-Robinson Hall 403 | Instructor Jennifer Hadden
From Earth Day to Extinction Rebellion, the environmental movement has become a key player in contemporary politics. What determines the movement’s mobilization, strategy, and impact? How and why does the environmental movement differ across time, location, and issue area? In this seminar, we will explore and apply relevant social movement theory to analyze the trajectory of the environmental movement and write effectively for policy audiences. We will pay particular attention to conflicts and controversies regarding the movement’s political positions, tactics, and relationship with marginalized communities. (Sr Seminar, WRIT)
IAPA 1802S Human Security and Humanitarian Response: Increasing Effectiveness and Accountability
Th 4pm-6:30pm in Sayles Hall 205 | Instructor Adam Levine
Disasters, epidemics, and conflicts all pose significant threats to human security, including the very ability for people to meet their basic needs for protection, food, water, shelter, and healthcare. This course will take a pragmatic approach to understanding how the legal, ethical, and technical principles of humanitarian assistance get translated into actual impact on the ground during large-scale emergencies worldwide. In particular, we will explore the justifications and limitations for humanitarian response as a tool for addressing modern challenges ranging from climate change to civil conflict, alongside new efforts to improve both the effectiveness of humanitarian response and its accountability to affected populations. This course will cover a diverse range of topics including the history, structure, and financing of humanitarian response; the public health evidence base for common human security interventions; and the intersections between human rights and humanitarianism. (Sr Seminar, WRIT)
IAPA 1801X Surveillance: State, Capitalism, and Society
Th 4pm-6:30pm | Instructor Han Zhang
When we talk about surveillance, are we thinking of Orwell’s Big Brother, the scenarios portrayed in Black Mirror, or Edward Snowden’s disclosures? Although technological advances have intensified interest in this subject, surveillance is not a recent development; it has been a fundamental element of modernity. In this course, we will start with the theoretical bases for understanding surveillance. The subsequent weeks are divided into three modules, each focusing on a different participant in surveillance: the state, corporations and the emergence of “surveillance capitalism,” and citizens who may embrace, participate in, or resist surveillance. Adopting a global viewpoint, we will explore surveillance practices across various political regimes, throughout different historical periods, and technological advancements. There are no pre-requisites for this seminar. (Sr Seminar, WRIT)