Gender and International Security: Feminist Perspectives

by Sjoberg; Laura

• ISBN13: 9780415475464
• ISBN10: 0415475465
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This bookdefines the relationship between gender and international security, analyzing and critiquing international security theory and practicefrom a gendered perspective.

Table of Contents

Selected Contents 1.Introduction Laura Sjoberg PART I:Gendered Lenses Envision Security 2. Theses for Gender and Security Studies Judith Stiehm 3. A (Feminist) Continuum Approach to International Security Annick Wibben 4. Touch and War Christine Sylvester 5. Defining Positive Security from a Feminist Perspective Gunhild Hoogensen PART II:Gendered Security Theories 6. Gendering Offense/Defense Theory Lauren Wilcox 7. Gendering Power Transition Theory Laura Sjoberg 8. The Genders of Environmental Security Nicole Detraz PART III:Gendered Security Actors: Women In International Security 9. Women Loyalist Paramilitaries and Intransigent Conflict in Northern Ireland Sandra McEvoy 10. Securitization and De-Securitization: Female Soldiers and the Reconstruction of the Family in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone Megan MacKenzie 11.Women Militants in Ethno-Nationalist or Religio-Political Movements Swati Parashar PART IV.Gendered Security Problematiques 12. Feminist Tales from the Arms Control Front Susan Wright 13. Beyond Border Security: Feminist Approaches to Human Trafficking Jennifer Lobasz 14. When are States Hypermasculine? The War on Terror in Perspective Jennifer Maruska 15. Afterword Carol Cohn