Gender, Peace and Conflict.
Başlık:
Gender, Peace and Conflict.
Yazar:
Skjelsboek, Inger.
ISBN:
9781412933513
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Basım Bilgisi:
1st ed.
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (208 pages)
Seri:
International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)
İçerik:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Women, Peace and the United Nations: Beyond Beijing -- 2 The Problem of Essentialism -- 3 Is Femininity Inherently Peaceful? The Construction of Femininity in the War -- 4 Women & War, Men & Pacifism -- 5 Gender, Power and Politics: An Alternative Perspective -- 6 Women in Political Decisionmaking: From Critical Mass to Critical Acts in Scandinavia -- 7 Promoting Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution: Gender Balance in Decisionmaking -- 8 Integrating a Gender Perspective in Conflict Resolution: The Colombian Case -- 9 The Use of Women and the Role of Women in the Yugoslav War -- 10 Gender Difference in Conflict Resolution: The Case of Sri Lanka -- Notes on contributors -- Bibliography -- Index.
Özet:
- What impact does gender difference make to political decision-making? - Will the political empowerment of women contribute to a more peaceful world? The role of gender has been increasingly recognized as central to the study and analysis of the traditionally male domains of war and international relations. This book explores the key role of gender in peace research, conflict resolution and international politics. Rather than simply 'add gender' the aim is to transcend different disciplinary boundaries and conceptual approaches to provide a more integrated basis for future study. To this end it uniquely combines theoretical chapters alongside empirical case studies to demonstrate the i.
Notlar:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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