Gender, Violence, and Human Security : : Critical Feminist Perspectives /

Gender, Violence, and Human Security : : Critical Feminist Perspectives / / ed. by Myra Marx Ferree, Aili Mari Tripp, Christina Ewig.

The nature of human security is changing globally: interstate conflict and even intrastate conflict may be diminishing worldwide, yet threats to individuals and communities persist. Large-scale violence by formal and informal armed forces intersects with interpersonal and domestic forms of violence...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Aoláin, Fionnuala Ní,
Brush, Lisa D.,
Bumiller, Kristin,
Estrada-Tanck, Dorothy,
Ewig, Christina,
Ewing, Katherine Pratt,
Ferree, Myra Marx,
Heideman, Laura J.,
Henríquez, Narda,
Kinney, Edith,
Peterson, V. Spike,
Rubio-Marín, Ruth,
Stites, Elizabeth,
Tripp, Aili Mari,
HerausgeberIn:
Ewig, Christina,
Ferree, Myra Marx,
Tripp, Aili Mari,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Acronyms
  • Part One: Retheorizing Human Security through a Gender Lens
  • 1. Toward a Gender Perspective on Human Security
  • 2. What Does Postconflict Security Mean for Women?
  • 3. Gendering Insecurities, Informalization, and “War Economies”
  • Part Two: Case Studies of Gendered Violence in a Context of Broader Insecurities
  • 4. Securitizing Sex, Bodies, and Borders
  • 5. Work and Love in the Gendered U.S. Insecurity State
  • 6. A Struggle for Rites
  • 7. From German Bus Stop to Academy Award Nomination
  • Part Three: Policy Considerations for Reducing Violence and Increasing Human Security
  • 8. Feminist Collaboration with the State in Response to Sexual Violence
  • 9. The Vulnerable Protecting the Vulnerable
  • 10. Violence against Women, Human Security, and Human Rights of Women and Girls
  • 11. Integrating Gender into Human Security
  • Part Four: Conclusion
  • 12. The Discursive Politics of Gendering Human Security
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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