1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910494752703321

Autore

Pruitt Lesley J.

Titolo

The Women in Blue Helmets : Gender, Policing, and the UN's First All-Female Peacekeeping Unit / / Lesley J. Pruitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-520-96471-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

355.357

Soggetti

Women and peace

Policewomen

International police

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The FFPU in a Global Context -- 2. How the FFPU Began -- 3. Women at Work: Securing the Peace -- 4. Political Economy, Women, and Peacekeeping -- 5. Who's Afraid of the Girls? Fears about FFPUs -- 6. Increasing Women's Participation in Peace and Security -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Interviews -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Women in Blue Helmets tells the story of the first all-female police unit deployed by India to the UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia in January 2007. Lesley J. Pruitt investigates how the unit was originated, developed, and implemented, offering an important historical record of this unique initiative. Examining precedents in policing in the troop-contributing country and recent developments in policing in the host country, the book offers contextually rich examination of all-female units, explores the potential benefits of and challenges to women's participation in peacekeeping, and illuminates broader questions about the relationship between gender, peace, and security.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910366610603321

Titolo

Nonlinear Structures and Systems, Volume 1 : Proceedings of the 37th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2019 / / edited by Gaetan Kerschen, M. R. W. Brake, Ludovic Renson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

87-438-0350-4

87-7004-982-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 277 p. 248 illus., 216 illus. in color.)

Collana

Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, , 2191-5652

Disciplina

531

624.171

Soggetti

Mechanics, Applied

Solids

Nonlinear Optics

Building materials

Solid Mechanics

Structural Materials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Nonlinear Structures & Systems, Volume 1: Proceedings of the 37th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2019, the first volume of eight from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Nonlinear Dynamics, including papers on: Nonlinear Reduced-order Modeling Jointed Structures: Identification, Mechanics, Dynamics Experimental Nonlinear Dynamics Nonlinear Model & Modal Interactions Nonlinear Damping Nonlinear Modeling & Simulation Nonlinearity & System Identification .