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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781203403321

Titolo

Feminism and international relations : conversations about the past, present and future / / edited by J. Ann Tickner and Laura Sjoberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-72478-8

1-283-16306-3

9786613163066

1-136-72479-6

0-203-81681-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

SjobergLaura <1979->

TicknerJ. Ann

Disciplina

327.1082

Soggetti

Feminism - Political aspects

Feminism - International cooperation

International relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on contributors; 1 Introduction: International Relations through feminist lenses; 2 Reclaiming agency for social change: Feminism, International Relations and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1945-75; Intelligence and compassion, the tools of feminists: An engagement with Catia Confortini; 3 Pursuing inclusive interests, both deep and wide: Women's human rights and the United Nations; Drawbridges, interests, and dialogue: An engagement with Abigail E. Ruane

4 Feminist problems with international norms: Gender mainstreaming in global governance; Problems, norms, and global governance: An engagement with Jacqui True; 5 Security as emancipation: A feminist perspective; Emancipation and the feminist Security Studies project: An engagement with Soumita Basu; 6 Russian veterans of the Chechen wars: A feminist analysis of militarized masculinities; When feminists explore masculinities in IR: An engagement with Maya Eichler; 7 The



technoscience question in feminist International Relations: Unmanning the U.S. war on terror

Gender, technoscience, and militarism: An engagement by Sandra Harding; 8 Targeting civilians in war: Feminist contributions; War and feminist lenses: An engagement by J. AnnTickner ; 9 Beauty and the quinceaǹƒera: Reproductive, productive, and virtual dimensions in the global political economy of beauty an engagement by V. Spike Peterson;10 Conclusion:looking forward forfeminist international relations.

Sommario/riassunto

Feminist International Relations scholarship in the United States recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. Over those years, feminist researchers have made substantial progress concerning the question of how gender matters in global politics, global economics, and global culture. The progress has been noted both in the academic field of international relations and, increasingly, in the policy world. Celebrating these achievements, this book constructs conversations about the history, present state of, and future of feminist International Relations as a field across subfie