Gendering Global Conflict : Toward a Feminist Theory of War

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sjoberg, Laura.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

International relations.

Women and war.

Local Subjects:

Feminist theory.

International relations.

Women and war.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (481 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Laura Sjoberg positions gender and gender subordination as key factors in the making and fighting of global conflict. Through the lens ofgender, she examines the meaning, causes, practices, and experiences of war, building a more inclusive approach to the analysis of violent conflict between states.Considering war at the international, state, substate, and individual levels, Sjoberg's feminist perspective gives a number of causal variables significant standing in war decision-making. These include structural gender inequality, cycles of gendered violence, state masculine posturing, the often o

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction ""; ""1. The (Genderless) Study of War in International Relations""; ""2. Gender Lenses Look at War(s)""; ""3. Anarchy, Structure, Gender, and War(s) ""; ""4. Relations International and War(s) ""; ""5. Gender, States, and War(s)""; ""6. People, Choices, and War(s) ""; ""7. Gendered Strategy ""; ""8. Gendered Tactics""; ""9. Living Gendered War(s) ""; ""Conclusion: (A) Feminist Theory/ies of War(s) ""; ""Notes""; ""Index ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780231520003

023152000X

OCLC:

854970024