Women and the Use of Military Force / / ed. by Michael R. Stevenson, Ruth H. Howes.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Branscombe, Nyla R.,; Burwell, Frances G.,; Bystydzienski, Jill M.,; Carroll, Berenice,; Carson, Barbara,; Gallagher, Nancy W.,; Herzenberg, Caroline L.,; Howes, Ruth H.,; Lobao, Linda,; Morris, Patricia T.,; Owen, Susan,; Reid Sarkees, Meredith,; Richardson, Jo A.,; Seitz, Barbara,; Stevenson, Michael R.,; Treadway, Ellen,; Washburn, Patricia,; Wechsler Segal, Mady,; Welling Hall, Barbara,
• HerausgeberIn: Howes, Ruth H.,; Stevenson, Michael R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (275 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 1 Overview --; Part 1 Theories, Concepts, and Attitudes --; 2 Feminist Perspectives on Women and the Use of Force --; 3 The Gender Gap in Popular Attitudes Toward the Use of Force --; 4 Women in Groups and Organizations: Implications for the Use of Force --; 5 Handgun Ownership Among U.S. Women and Its Consequences for Social Judgment --; 6 Women in Law Enforcement --; Part 2 The Role of Women: The Evidence --; 7 Women in the Armed Forces --; 8 Women in Weapons Development: The Manhattan Project --; 9 Women and National Security Policy --; 10 Women and the Peace Movement --; 11 How Three Female National Leaders Have Used the Military --; 12 No Going Back: Women's Participation in the Nicaraguan Revolution and in Postrevolutionary Movements --; 13 Women, Resistance, and the Use of Force in South Africa --; Part 3 Conclusion --; 14 The Impact of Women's Use of Military Force --; References --; About the Authors --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685855611; 9783110784268
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685855611
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Michael R. Stevenson, Ruth H. Howes.

The authors examine theoretical approaches, particularly feminist approaches, to women's use of physical force and present data on the role women actually play in using military force, both as policymakers and as implementers.