Gender matters in global politics : a feminist introduction to international relations / edited by Laura J. Shepherd.

Contributor(s):

Shepherd, Laura J [edt]

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TextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 492 p. : ill. b&w ; 25 cmISBN:

9780415715218

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DDC classification:

327.1

Contents:

Ch. 1. Feminist International Relations: making sense ... / Marysia Zalewski -- Marysia Zalewski -- Ch. 2. Ontologies, epistemologies, methodologies / Lene Hansen -- Ch. 3. Sex or gender? Bodies in global politics and why gender matters / Laura J. Shepherd -- Ch. 4. Postcolonial theories and challenges to "first world-ism" / Anna M. Agathangelou and Heather M. Turcotte -- Ch. 5. Ethics / Kimberly Hutchings -- Ch. 6. Environmental politics and ecology / Emma A. Foster -- Ch. 7. Body politics : gender, sexuality and human rights / Jill Steans -- Ch. 8. Trafficking in human beings / Barbara Sullivan -- Ch. 9 War / Swati Parashar -- Ch. 10. Militarism / Cynthia Cockburn -- Ch. 11. Terrorism and political violence / Caron Gentry and Laura Sjoberg -- Ch. 12. The "war on terrorism" / Krista Hunt -- Ch. 13. Genocide and mass violence / Adam Jones -- Ch. 14. Sexual violence in war / Donna Pankhurst -- Ch. 15. International-global political economy / V. Spike Peterson -- Ch. 16. Production, employment and consumption / Juanita Elias and Lucy Ferguson -- Ch. 17. Land, water and food / Monika Barthwal-Datta and Soumita Basu -- Ch. 18. Development institutions and neoliberal globalisation / Penny Griffin -- Ch. 19. Mainstreaming gender in international institutions / Jacqui True -- Ch. 20. International criminal law / Rosemary Grey -- Ch. 21. Peacekeeping / Nadine Puechguirbal -- Ch. 22. Peacebuilding / Laura J. Shepherd -- Ch. 23. Migration / Jindy Pettman with Lucy Hall -- Ch. 24. Religion / Katherine E. Brown -- Ch. 25. Nationalism / Dibyesh Anand -- Ch. 26. Citizenship, nationality and gender / Denise M. Horn -- Ch. 27. Transnational activism / Valentine M. Moghadam -- Ch. 28. Art, aesthetics and emotionality / Emma Hutchison and Roland Bleiker -- Ch. 29. Popular culture and the politics of the visual / Christina Rowley -- Ch. 30. Sex, gender and cyberspace / M. I. Franklin -- Ch. 31 New social media and global resistance / Suzanne Levi-Sanchez and Sophie Toupin.

Summary: Introduces the wide variety of feminist and gender theory and explains the relevance to contemporary global politics. Explains the insights of feminist theory for a range of other disciplines including international relations, international political economy and security studies and addresses a large number of key contemporary issues such as human rights, trafficking, rape as a tool of war, peacekeeping and state-building, terrorism and environmental politics.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Marbella International University Centre Library	327.1 GEN gen (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	10099

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduces the wide variety of feminist and gender theory and explains the relevance to contemporary global politics. Explains the insights of feminist theory for a range of other disciplines including international relations, international political economy and security studies and addresses a large number of key contemporary issues such as human rights, trafficking, rape as a tool of war, peacekeeping and state-building, terrorism and environmental politics.

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