Gender and International Security : Feminist Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780415475464 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 304 str.

Sjoberg Laura

Opis

This book attempts to define the relationship between gender and international security, analyzing and critiquing international security theory and practice from a gendered perspective. The common theme running through the essays is 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.Each chapter demonstrates these points through case studies, theoretical analysis, evidence, and examples. If gender analysis is crucial to international security, however, the discipline of IR does not reflect this. Gender in security is undertheorized, and scholars would benefit from productive conversations to explain and understand the role of gender in shaping global security, as well as how gender is conceptually and empirically affected by global security. This book aims to jumpstart and set the tone for that discussion.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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).