When and how do we see progress on LGBTQ+ issues? What are key opportunities and challenges of pursuing LGBTQ+ issues in different venues (e.g., in courts, legislatures, etc.)? What are the benefits and drawbacks of forming coalitions? Which issues should LGBTQ+ activists prioritize, which strategies should they pursue, and why? This course explores these questions and others. We will focus especially on LGBTQ+ politics in Canada and the United States, but we will also speak about other contexts where applicable.

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This course addresses the diverse and developing field of Gender and Politics in the discipline of political science. The main purpose of the course is to prepare PhD students for the field exam in Gender and Politics. Topics may vary year to year, but will typically cover topics such as feminist and queer theory, Indigenous feminisms, intersectionality, representation, gender from a global south perspective, gender and migration, gender identity, and gender and international relations.

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How has colonialism shaped the development of Canadian government and politics? How did Canada become bilingual and multicultural? How does political change happen in Canada? During this course, we will explore these questions and others. In the first part of the course, we will examine important historical events that continue to shape Canadian politics today. In the second part of the course, we will assess the development and functioning of Canada’s electoral and governing institutions. In the third part of the course, we will analyze how historical events and political institutions shape contemporary issues in Canadian politics, including Quebec-Canada relations and ongoing issues of settler colonialism.

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This course provides a survey of the major traditions and themes in Canadian politics through an examination of the institutions, groups, and processes that characterize the Canadian political system. The main purpose of the course is to prepare PhD students for the field exam in Canadian Politics. We start with an introduction to the field of Canadian politics as a discipline, including accounts of the historical development of the field and an overview of major debates. From there, we move to an analysis of the primary institutions that structure politics in the country, including parliament, the executive, federalism, the courts, elections, media, and both parties and the party system as a whole. We also examine voting behaviour and public opinion, with an introduction to the cleavages and social forces that characterize our electoral politics, and Canadian politics more generally. Finally, the course examines the major social cleavages in Canadian society and the politics that have arisen from these forces, focusing in particular on multiculturalism and race, Quebec and Canada, Indigenous peoples, and women/gender.

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