More than two decades of feminist research has charted the dynamic relationship between warfare and masculinity. This literature has provided nuanced accounts of Western militaries that range from World War 1 to the Vietnam War to modern Private Military Contractors. Although some early findings have identified masculinity as a potentially causal factor in the development of armed conflict, there has yet to be a detailed account of the role of masculinity in structuring the range of volatile civil conflicts which emerged in the Global South after the end of the Cold War.
This book advances the claims of international relations scholars that the social construction of masculinities is key to resolving the scourges of militarism, sexual violence and international insecurity. By bridging feminist scholarship on IR with the scholarship of masculinities, the author advances both bodies of scholarship through detailed case study analysis. By challenging the concept of ‘new war’, he suggests that a new model for understanding the gendered dynamics of civil conflict is needed, and proposes that the power dynamics between groups of men based on age difference, ethnicity, location and class form an important and often overlooked causal component to these civil conflicts. The author explores the role of masculinities through two case studies, the civil war in Sierra Leone (1991-2002) and the second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005).
This book will be of great interest to postgraduate students, practitioners and academics working in the fields of gender and security studies.
David Duriesmith is a scholar of International Relations who focuses on critical security studies, intra-state conflict and Critical Studies of Men and Masculinities. During 2014 he completed his PhD studies at the University of Melbourne in International Relations examining new war, masculinity and patriarchy. Prior to this he undertook undergraduate studies at the University of Melbourne in Philosophy and International Studies. His work explores the role of masculinity, age, class and ethnicity in civil conflict from a pro-feminist perspective. He has conducted reserach with the United Nations multi-programme agency Partners for Prevention on masculinities in Aceh Indonesia. Dr. Duriesmith’s work has been published in the International Feminist Journal of Politics and the Australasian Review of African Studies.
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