GENDER STUDIES CSS SYLLABUS (100 MARKS) with FPSC Recommended Books
Here is the complete Gender Studies CSS syllabus with FPSC recommended books. Gender studies is the most popular 100-mark optional subject among CSS aspirants due to its insightful nature and modern-day gender-related social issues and theories that help understand the solutions. There are 9 Chapters included in the FPSC provided syllabus, including case studies such as Malala Yousafzai
I. Introduction to Gender Studies
- Introduction to Gender Studies
- Difference Between Gender and Women Studies
- Multi-Disciplinary Nature of Gender Studies
- Autonomy vs. Integration Debate in Gender Studies
- Status of Gender Studies in Pakistan
II. Social Construction of Gender
- Historicizing Constructionism
- Problematizing the Category of “Sex”: Queer Theory
- Is “Sex” Socially Determined, Too?
- Masculinities and Femininity
- Nature Versus Culture: A Debate in Gender Development
III. Feminist Theories and Practice
- What is Feminism?
- Liberal Feminism
- Radical Feminism
- Marxist/Socialist Feminism
- Psychoanalytical Feminism
- Men’s Feminism
- Postmodern Feminism
IV. Feminist Movements
- Feminist Movements in the West:
- First Wave Feminism
- Second Wave Feminism
- Third Wave Feminism
- United Nations Conferences on Women
- Feminist Movements in Pakistan
V. Gender and Development
- Colonial and Capitalistic Perspectives of Gender
- Gender Analysis of Development Theories:
- Modernization Theory
- World System Theory
- Dependency Theory
- Structural Functionalism
- Gender Approaches to Development:
- Women in Development (WID)
- Women and Development (WAD)
- Gender and Development (GAD)
- Gender Critique of Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs)
- Globalization and Gender
VI. Status of Women in Pakistan
- Status of Women’s Health in Pakistan
- Status of Women in Education
- Women and Employment
- Women and Law
VII. Gender and Governance
- Defining Governance
- Suffragist Movement
- Gender Issues in Women as Voters
- Gender Issues in Women as Candidates
- Gender Issues in Women as Representatives
- Impact of Political Quota in Pakistan
VIII. Gender-Based Violence
- Defining Gender-Based Violence
- Theories of Violence Against Women
- Structural and Direct Forms of Violence
- Strategies to Eliminate Violence Against Women
IX. Case Studies of:
- Mukhtaran Mai
- Malala Yousafzai
- Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy
FPSC RECOMMENDED BOOKS List for GENDER STUDIES CSS SYLLABUS
| S.No. | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theories of Women Studies | Eds., Bowles. Gloria and Renate D. Klein |
| 2 | Introduction: Theories of Women Studies and the Autonomy/Integration Debate | Bowles G and Renate, K. |
| 3 | The State of the Discipline of Women Studies in Social Sciences in Pakistan | Saigol, Rubina |
| 4 | The State of Women Studies in Pakistan in Journal of Asian Women Studies | Bari, Farzana |
| 5 | Women’s Law in Legal Education and Practice in Pakistan | Shaheed, F. and Mehdi, R. (ed.) (1997) |
| 6 | Locating the self: Perspectives on Women and Multiple Identities | Khan, N.S. et al. (ed.) (1998) |
| 7 | The Social Construction of Gender | Lorber, Judith |
| 8 | Queer Theory | Lorber, Judith |
| 9 | Gender, USA | Harriet Bradley (2013) |
| 10 | Women of Pakistan: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back | Mumtaz, Khawar & Shaheed, Farida (1987) |
| 11 | Feminism and its Relevance in South Asia | Saeed K, Nighat & Bahsin, Kamla |
| 12 | Feminist Thoughts | Tong, Rosemarie |
| 13 | Reversed Realities | Kabeer, Naila |
| 14 | Gender Planning and Development | Moser, Caroline |
| 15 | Electoral Politics: Making Quotas Work For Women | Hoodfar, Homa & Tajali, Mona (2011) |
| 16 | The Gender face of Asian Politics | Ayaz, Aazar & Fleschenberg, Andrea (2009) |
| 17 | Performance Assessment of Women Parliamentarians in Pakistan | Bari, Farzana (2002) |
| 18 | Base line Report: Women’s Participation in Political and Public Life | Zia, Shahla & Bari, Farzana (1999) |
| 19 | Freedom from Violence | Schuler, Margarte (1992) |
| 20 | Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Report |
FPSC Official GENDER STUDIES CSS SYLLABUS
Here is the link to the GENDER STUDIES CSS SYLLABUS on the FPSC official website
