04671nam 2200733Ia 450 991045671170332120200520144314.01-84813-804-01-282-45351-397866124535191-84813-187-9(CKB)2550000000000038(EBL)474790(OCoLC)609900487(SSID)ssj0000431312(PQKBManifestationID)11296551(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431312(PQKBWorkID)10474520(PQKB)11327945(MiAaPQ)EBC474790(Au-PeEL)EBL474790(CaPaEBR)ebr10359436(CaONFJC)MIL245351(EXLCZ)99255000000000003820100119d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWomen and war in the Middle East[electronic resource] transnational perspectives /edited by Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola PrattLondon ;New York Zed Booksc20091 online resource (295 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84813-186-0 1-84813-185-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgements; Introduction | Women and War in the Middle East: Transnational Perspectives; Transnational feminisms; Gendering violence, conflict and war; Diaspora mobilization; Gendering post-conflict; Women and gender in formalreconstruction/peace-building processes; Gender mainstreaming in peace and security; Structure of the book; Notes; References; PART I | Gendering the Neoliberal Imperial Project; 1 | Gendering Informal Economies in Iraq; The analytics of a critical project; Informal activities and international developments; Informal economies in IraqPost-invasion informal economiesConclusion; Notes; References; 2 | The United States, the Iraqi Women's Diaspora and Women's 'Empowerment' in Iraq; Iraqi women's diaspora activism and the invasion; The US administration and gendered war talk; Diaspora women and the 'new Iraq'; Funding for 'women's empowerment'; Transnational women's rights activism; Communal politics versus women's 'empowerment' under occupation; Political bargaining, women's rights and the constitution; Women's activism and shifting gender identities in Iraq; Conclusion; Notes; ReferencesGender mainstreamingEU and UN gender mainstreaming initiatives; Gender mainstreaming and women's and feminist organizing; Gender mainstreaming in conflict situations; The Palestinian case; Challenges for gender mainstreaming and feminist organizing in MENA; Notes; References; 5 | 'Here, it's not about conflict resolution - we can only resist': Palestinian Women's Activism in Conflict Resolution and Non-violent Resistance; Historical overview of Palestinian women's peace activism; Organizational forms of women's peace-building; Aims of women's peace-buildingStrategies of women's peace-buildingConclusion; Notes; References; PART III | Gender, Citizenship and Post-conflict Reconstruction; 6 | Fragmented Citizenship: Communalism, Ethnicity and Gender in Iraq; Transition in the shadow of violence and conflict; The citizenship bargain: negotiating communalism, ethnicity and gender; Conclusion; Notes; References; 7 | Gendered Palestinian Citizenship: Women, Legal Pluralism and Post-conflict Aid; Connective practices, women's memberships and structural marginalization; Gender conventions and post-conflict; Gender, aid and non-liberal processesDrafting citizenship in conflictWomen and War in the Middle East provides a critical examination of the relationship between gender and transnationalism in the context of war, peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction in the Middle East.Women and warMiddle EastWomenServices forMiddle EastInternational cooperationWomenIraqWomenMiddle EastSocial conditionsWomenPalestineElectronic books.Women and warWomenServices forInternational cooperation.WomenWomenSocial conditions.Women303.60820956Al-Ali Nadje Sadig673337Pratt Nicola Christine886795MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456711703321Women and war in the Middle East1980478UNINA