Laura Sjoberg (ed.)

Gender and International Security

Feminist Perspectives
Herausgeber: Sjoberg, Laura

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Asserts that gender matters in the theory and practice of international security in three main ways: it is necessary, conceptually, for understanding international security; it is important in analyzing causes and predicting outcomes; and, it is essential to thinking about solutions and promoting positive change in the security realm.

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This book defines the relationship between gender and international security, analyzing and critiquing international security theory and practice from a gendered perspective.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 624g
• ISBN-13: 9780415475464
• ISBN-10: 0415475465
• Artikelnr.: 23604838

Autorenporträt

Laura Sjoberg is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida. She has a PhD in International Relations and Gender Studies from the University of Southern California and a JD from Boston College Law School. She is the author of Gender, Justice, and the Wars in Iraq (2006) and, with Caron Gentry, Mothers, Monsters, Whores: Women's Violence in Global Politics (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Laura Sjoberg Part 1: Gendered Lenses Envision Security 2.
Theses on the Military, U.S. National Security, War, and Women Judith
Stiehm 3. War, Sense, and Security Christine Sylvester 4. Gendering the
State: Performativity and Protection in International Security Jonathan
Wadley Part 2: Gendered Security Theories 5. Gendering the 'Cult of the
Offensive,' Lauren Wilcox 6. Gendering Power Transition Theory Laura
Sjoberg 7. The Genders of Environmental Security Nicole Detraz Part 3:
Gendered Security Actors: Women in International Security 8. Loyalist Women
Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland: Beginning a Feminist Conversation about
Conflict Resolution Sandra McEvoy 9. Securitization and De-Securitization:
Female Soldiers and the Reconstruction of Women in Post-Conflict Sierra
Leone Megan MacKenzie 10. Women, Militancy, and Security: The South Asia
Conundrum Swati Parashar Part 4: Gendered Security Problematiques 11.
Feminist Theory and Arms Control Susan Wright 12. Beyond Border Security:
Feminist Approaches to Human Trafficking Jennifer Lobasz 13. When Are
States Hypermasculine? Jennifer Maruska 14. Peace Building through a Gender
Lens and the Challenges of Implementation in Rwanda and Cote d'Ivoire
Heidi Hudson