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Handbook on gender in world politics

Title
Handbook on gender in world politics [electronic resource] / [edited by] Jill Steans, Daniela Tepe-Belfrage.
ISBN
9781783470624 (e-book)
Published
Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., c. 2016.
Physical Description
1 online resource (512 p.) ; cm.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Contributors include: A.M. Agathangelou, N. Al-Ali, K. Alexander, D.K. Barker, A. Biricik, E. Boris, K.E. Brown, C. Brunner, D. Buss, G. Caglar, T. Carver, H. Charlesworth, C. Chinkin, A.K. Darkwah, A. den Boer, P. Drumond, A.C. Drury, R.C. Eichenberg, C. Eschle, E.A. Foster, J. Freedman, P. Griffin, C. Harrington, J. Hearn, P. Higate, C. Hoskyns, V.M. Hudson, R. Jacobson, J.S. Jaquette, J. Joachim, T.A.M. Johnson, J. Kantola, H.M. Kinsell, P. Kirby, E. Kofman, B. Maiguashca , C. Masters, L. McLeod, S. Parashar, D. Peksen, Z. Pflaeger Young, N. Pratt, E. Prügl, S.M. Rai, B.M. Read, A. Roberts, C. Rowley, J. Russel, L.J. Shepherd, A. Sisson Runyan, L. Sjoberg, N. Smith, J. Steans, M. Stern, D. Tepe-Belfrage, J. True, H.M. Turcotte, T.P. van der Weide, H. Weber, A.T. Wibben, G. Youngs, M. Zalewski, S. Zimmermann, S. Zwingel.
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Summary
The Handbook on Gender in World Politics serves as a compendium of cutting-edge scholarship on gender in world politics across a number of academic disciplines. It encompasses the key research areas in the field to provide readers with a gateway to further study. Featuring leading experts writing from diverse perspectives, this Handbook focuses on women as a category of analysis, overarching concepts of masculinities, sexualities, LGBT rights and transgender identities. The chapters discuss issues of statecraft, citizenship and the politics of belonging, international law and human rights, media and communications technologies, political economy, development, global governance and transnational visions of politics and solidarities. Students and scholars of gender and international relations and gender in world politics will find this Handbook to be an indispensable guide to the subject. It will also be of interest to practitioners in the field looking to pave the way for new policies and regulations.
Variant and related titles
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 28, 2016
Series
International handbooks on gender series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction / Jill Steans and Daniela Tepe-Belfrage
2. Still engaging from the margins? / J. Ann Tickner
Part I examples of approaches and methods
3. Gender as a variable in international relations research / Andrea Den Boer
4. Feminist historical materialist and critical theory / Adrienne Roberts
5. Poststructuralist feminism in world politics / Maria Stern
6. Reworking postcolonial feminisms in the sites of IR / Anna M. Agathangelou and Heather M. Turcotte
7. Masculinities in international relations / Paul Kirby
8. Sex, gender and sexuality / Terrell Carver
9. Feminist methodologies and world politics / Annick T. Wibben
Part II the politics of identity and belonging
10. The gendered state in international relations / Johanna Kantola
11. Gender and citizenship / Jeff Hearn and Alp Biricik
12. Gender and democratization / Jane S. Jaquette
13. Is identity politics compatible with the pursuit of global justice? / Kirsty Alexander and Catherine Eschle
14. Transnational feminist politics: a concept that has outlived its usefulness? / Bice Maiguashca
15. Is a transnational feminist solidarity possible? / Swati Parashar
16. Gender, protest and political transition in the Middle East and North Africa / Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt
Part III
International law
17. Gender and international law / Hilary Charlesworth
18. Convention on the elimination of all forms of violence against women / Christine Chinkin
19. Lgbti rights: the international context / Toni A.m. Johnson
20. International criminal courts / Doris Buss
21. With all the regard due to her sex: gender and international humanitarian law / Helen M. Kinsella
22. Refugees and asylum / Jane Freedman
23. NGOs, feminist activism and human rights / Jutta Joachim
Part IV gendered violence
24. The gender of violence in war and conflict / Laura Sjoberg
25. Conflict-related sexual violence / Paula Drumond
26. Female suicide bombing / Claudia Brunner
Part V peace and security
27. Gender and security / Jenny Russell and Valerie M. Hudson
28. Gender difference in attitudes towards global issues / Richard C. Eichenberg and Blair M. Read
29. Economic sanctions and women's status in target countries / A. Cooper Drury and Dursun Peksen
30. The securitisation of human rights / Katherine E. Brown
31. Feminist security studies / Laura J. Shepherd
32. The women peace and security resolutions: UNSCR 1325 to 2122 / Laura Mcleod
33. Peacekeeping / Carol Harrington
34. Solving the problem of men and masculinities in the private military and security industry / Paul Higate
35. Gender, peace activism and anti-militarisation / Ruth Jacobson
Part VI global media and communications
36. Gender and popular culture / Christina Rowley
37. Cinema and film / Cristina Masters
38. New media and communications / Gillian Youngs
39. Computer games and the reinforcement of gender gaps / Varun Pande, Theo P. van Der Weide and Rekha Pande
Part VII political economy and development
40. Feminist political economy / Penny Griffin
41. Gender in global restructuring / Anne Sisson Runyan
42. Gender and migration / Eleonore Kofman
43. The global political economy of sex work / Nicola Smith
44. Gender in development / Zoe Pflaeger Young
45. Globalisation, development and the empowerment of women: the case of African traders / Akosua K. Darkwah
46. Social reproduction -the achilles heel of feminist transformation? / Shirin M. Rai and Catherine Hoskyns
Part VIII global governance
47. Gender in international governance / Gülay Caglar, Elisabeth Prügl, and Susanne Zwingel
48. What is feminist economics? / Drucilla K. Barker
49. The IMF, structural adjustment and poverty alleviation / Arne Ruckert
50. Gender and microfinance/microcredit / Heloise Weber
51. The international labour organization and the gender of work / Eileen Boris and Susan Zimmermann
52. Gender and sustainable development / Emma A. Foster
Part IX concluding reflections
53. How effective is gender mainstreaming in international peace and security policymaking? / Jacqui True
54. Conjoined, complex and "forgotten" worlds: gender in world politics / Marysia Zalewski.
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Tepe, Daniela.
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