Women in peace politics / edited by Paula Banerjee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Banerjee, Paula.

Series:

South Asian peace studies ; v. 3.

South Asian peace studies ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women and peace.

Peace movements.

Women pacifists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 323 p.).

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examining the diverse aspects of women's engagement with peace politics, this volume is divided into three sections - ideas and ideologies; movements; and voices.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Series Note; Preface; Introduction; Shefali; Security, Gender and Conflict Prevention: Perceptions from South Asia; Ethnicity and Democracy Meet when Mothers Protest; Afterword; Islam, Feminism and the Women's Movement in Pakistan: 1981-1991; Women, Nationalism and War: "Make Love Not War"; Women in Sri Lankan Peace Politics; Motherhood as a Space of Protest: Women's Political Participation in Contemporary Sri Lanka; Negotiating Peace: Feminist Reflections; The Space Between: Women's Negotiations with Democracy; Minorities, Women and Peace: A South Asian Perspective

Shed No More Blood: Mothers for PeaceWAF to Continue Protest against Discriminatory Laws; The Way of the World; Chadur aur Diwari; Drawing Lines, Erasing Lines: Feminism as a Resource in Opposing Xenophobia and Separatism; In Conversation with Dr Hanan Ashrawi; About the Editors and Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-310) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786611965358

9789352800988

9352800982

9788132111924

8132111923

9781281965356

1281965359

9788178299686

8178299682

OCLC:

476231207