Module POL3246 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3246: Gender and Militarism in West Africa
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- The gendered military: how norms and practices shaped the military,
- Feminism on women in the military,
- Increased Women participation and integration in the contemporary military: the issue of combat,
- The Nigerian military and a gender integrationist policy,
- Gender integration policies and contextual impact in Western and non-Western militaries,
- Degendered and Regendered military
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching Activities | 22 | 11 x 2-hour seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 50 | Private study reading and preparing for seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 78 | Preparation for essay and unseen exam including researching and collating relevant sources; planning the structure and argument; writing up the essay |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
DAYIL, P. B., AND THE CLEEN FOUNDATION 2011. Nigeria. In: GAANDERSE, M., VALASEK, K. (ed.) The Security Sector and Gender in West Africa: a Survey of Police, Defence, Justice and Penal Services in Ecowas States Geneva: The Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF).
GOLDSTEIN, J. S. 2001. War and Gender: How Gender Shapes the War System and Vice Versa, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press.
SJOBERG, L. & VIA, S. 2010. Gender, war, and militarism: feminist perspectives, Santa Barbara, Califonia: ABC-CLIO.
AKINKUNMI, A.A. 2018. Hubris: a Brief political history of the Nigerian Army. Army publishing services.
PADDOCK, A. 2018. The Women’s War of 1929. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History. http://oxfordre.com/africanhistory/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.001.0001/acrefore-9780190277734-e-271?print=pdf
STIEHM, J. H. 1983. The protected, the protector, the defender. Women's Studies International Forum. Elsevier, 367-376.
CARREIRAS, H. 2006. Gender and the Military: Women in the Armed Forces of Western Democracies, Routledge.
COHN, C. 2000. “How Can She Claim Equal Rights When She Doesn't Have to Do as Many Push-Ups as I Do?” The Framing of Men's Opposition to Women's Equality in the Military. Men and Masculinities, 3, 131-151.
OMBATI, M. 2015. Feminine masculinities in the military. African Security Review, 24, 403-413.
OGEGE, S. O. 2011. Gender Roles Differentiation and Social Mobility of Women in Nigeria. Journal of Social Science, 27, 67-74.
COCKBURN, C. 2004. Militarism, male power and the persistence of war. Militarism and male violence. London: European Social Forum.
