Lehre

Latin American Politics and Society

As an introduction to the study of Latin American politics and society, this course is designed to enable students to gain a basic understanding of politics and society in the region as well as to prepare students for further study of the region. In an effort to understand contemporary politics in Latin America, we will combine thematic issues with case studies. We will examine structural inequalities, democratic quality and stability, public policies, and current challenges of representation and governance in the region. We will deepen our understanding of these themes through case studies of Brazil and Mexico.

The course will be held in English and the readings will be in English.

 

Comparative Welfare Regimes

This course examines empirically and comparatively welfare regimes in Western Europe and the Americas. The scope is social welfare policies, broadly defined. We examine political institutions, governance, and policy outputs, the interaction of states, markets and families, and their relationship to welfare regimes, using work-family policies as a case study. Students will develop tools to compare and contrast differences between welfare regimes, as well as the causes and implications of these differences.

The course will be held in English and the readings will be in English.

 

Interdisciplinary Seminar in Politics and Economics: Gender Political Economy

This course is an inter-disciplinary, co-taught seminar together with Dr. Jesús Sánchez Ibrahim. We will draw on works that broadly address gender and political economy, from both comparative political science and economics, using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. We will examine gender as a key unit of analysis in political economy; gendered patterns in politics, society and economics; and contemporary research at the interstices of politics, society and economics.
By successfully completing this course, students will gain an understanding of gender as a key unit of analysis in political economy and of gendered patterns in politics, society and economics.
The class will be held as an interactive seminar with both professors present.

The course will be held in English and the readings will be in English.