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Gender and Race, Work, and Public Policy

A photograph of Dr. Antonia Novella being sworn in as the Surgeon General of the United States.

Dr. Antonia Novella being sworn in by Sandra Day O'Connor as the first woman and minority Surgeon General of the United States. (Image courtesy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.)

Instructor(s)

MIT Course Number

11.237 / SP.660

As Taught In

Spring 2005

Level

Graduate

Course Features

Course Description

This course provides an analytic framework for understanding the roles that gender and race play in defining the work worlds of women and men in our society, including ways in which gender intersects with race and class. The course examines specific workplace-related policies through a gender/race lens, including welfare policy, comparable worth, affirmative action, parental leave policy, child care policy and working time policies. Students are required to investigate ways in which these policies address gender and racial inequities, and think critically about mechanisms for change.

McDowell, Ceasar, and Mindy Fried. 11.237 Gender and Race, Work, and Public Policy, Spring 2005. (MIT OpenCourseWare: Massachusetts Institute of Technology), https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-237-gender-and-race-work-and-public-policy-spring-2005 (Accessed). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA


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