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This
course will explore contemporary and historical roles, impacts, and interactions
of women as legislators, constituents, and professional or citizen lobbyists in
state and national legislative bodies. Particular emphasis will be placed
on analyzing and understanding the unique contributions, issues, and challenges
women experience when active in legislative areas. Students will be
provided with opportunities for direct contact with local women legislators,
lobbyists, and citizen/community organizers in both classroom and legislative
settings. At the end of this course, successful students will have
acquired knowledge of terminologies, processes, and functions of New Jersey
State legislature; in addition, students will be conversant with the roles,
diversity, and special issues for women in the legislative process as
legislators, lobbyists, and citizen activists. |