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Women, security, South Asia [electronic resource] : a clearing in the thicket / editors, Farah Faizal, Swarna Rajagopalan.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations--Social aspects.
- International relations.
- Security, International--Social aspects.
- Security, International.
- Sex role--South Asia.
- Sex role.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume explores sources of security and insecurity in women's lives, as well as their agency in creating security for themselves and others in different settings within the South Asian context. Among the distinguishing features of this book are the plurality of perspectives it offers, its delineation of new agendas for both empirical research and activism in the area of security, and its examination of the existing and flawed theories of security. Bringing together a large amount of statistical, ethnographic and survey data, this volume vividly depicts the relationship between women and s
- Contents:
- Women and security : in search of a new paradigm / Swarna Rajagopalan
- Societal insecurities : a Maldivian study / Farah Faizal
- In/security : Afghan women refugees / Saba Gul Khattak
- Silence and marginality : gendered security and the nation-state / Amena Mohsin
- Dying to be equal : women militants and organisational decision-making / Sudha Ramachandran
- Women taking the track two path / Ilmas Futehally
- In conclusion / Farah Faizal.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-42496-3
- 9786612424960
- 81-321-0356-4
- OCLC:
- 609852854
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