Week 9

Basic Theories: Postcolonialism and Feminism

Session 17: Postcolonialism

Required readings:

Pal, Maïa. “Chapter 9: Postcolonialism”. In. McGlinchey, Stephen; Walters, Rosie, and Scheinpflug, Christian. International Relations Theory. (2017). E-International Relations Publishing.

Recommended readings:

Dos Santos, Theotonio. “The Structure of Dependence.” American Economic Review 60, no.2 (1970): 231-36.
Galtung, Johan. “A Structural Theory of Imperialism.” Journal of Peace Research 8, no.2 (1971): 81-117.
Escobar, Arturo. Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2012, ch. 1

National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, inside pages for This Little Book Contains Every Reason Why Women Should Not Vote, 1917. Booklet. Cornell University Library, Ithaca, NY. Public domain.

Session 18: Feminism

Required readings:

Tickner, J. Ann. “What Is Your Research Program? Some Feminist Answers to International Relations Methodological Questions.” International Studies Quarterly 49, no.1 (2005): 1- 21.

Recommended readings:

Tickner, J. Ann & Jacqui True. “A Century of International Relations Feminism: From World War I Women’s Peace Pragmatism to the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.” International Studies Quarterly 62, no. 2. (2018): 221–233.
True, Jacqui. “Winning the Battle but Losing the War on Violence.” International Feminist Journal of Politics 17, no.4 (2015): 554-72.