Drawing on a wide range of feminist approaches, this volume examines the various ways that silence and voice have been contested in feminist research, and their impact on how agency is understood and
Men and women often have different approaches to, and understandings of war and peace. Different expectations about what the society should look like after conflict ends affect the ways in which men a
Since the establishment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) tensions concerning immigration trends and policies, which continued to escalate at the turn of the millennium resulted in re
Body/State brings together original essays addressing various aspects of the evolving interaction between bodies and states. While each essay has different empirical and/or theoretical focus, authors
Marlene SolA-s is currently a Researcher and Professor in the Department of Social Studies at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF). She holds a PhD in social sciences with a specialty in regional s
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been called the a€?worst place in the worlda€? for women, with reports of widespread and horrific incidents of rape and sexual violence and almost complete i
Mageza-Barthel provides a context sensitive analysis of how Rwanda's women's movement used the United Nations (UN) gender norms in its efforts to insert gender-specific demands in the post-genocide pe
Sex, Slavery and the Trafficked Woman is a go-to text for readers who seek a comprehensive overview of the meaning of a€?human traffickinga€? and current debates and perspectives on the issue. It pres
This book endeavours to take the conceptualisation of the relationship between transnational remittance exchanges and gender to a new level. Thus, inevitably, it provides a number of case studies of r
Enhancing our understanding of how people and places are affected by globalization at the level of everyday interactions within a€?Nordic Peripheriesa€?, this book sheds light on local particularities
This book endeavours to take the conceptualisation of the relationship between transnational remittance exchanges and gender to a new level. Thus, inevitably, it provides a number of case studies of r
Women who migrate into domestic labour and care work are the single largest female occupational group migrating globally at present. Their participation in global migration systems has been acknowledg
Presenting the human security agenda as a policy response to the changing nature of violent conflicts and war, this collection traces its evolution in relation to conflicts in different contexts (Burm
Numerous states have passed gender integration legislation permanently admitting women into their military forces. As a result, states have dramatically increased womena€?s numbers, and improved gende
Waging Gendered Wars examines, through the analytical lens of feminist international relations theory, how U.S. military women have impacted and been affected by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Alth
Political scientists have, on occasion, missed subtle but powerful forms of a€?everyday resistancea€? and have not been able to show how different representations (pictures, statements, images, practi
Donna Seto investigates why children born of wartime sexual violence are rarely included in post-conflict processes of reconciliation and recovery. The focus on children born of wartime sexual violenc
Drawing from current feminist scholarship on intimacy and political economy and using three main frameworks: Fortressing Writs/Exclusionary Rights, Mobile Bodies/Immobile Citizenships, and Bordered/Bo
Body/State brings together original essays addressing various aspects of the evolving interaction between bodies and states. While each essay has different empirical and/or theoretical focus, authors
Until recently, few gender scholars took notice of the impact of state architecture on women's representation, political opportunities, and policy achievements. Likewise scholars of federalism, devolu
Feminists of the 19th-century analyzed rape and other sexual violence in the context of abolitionism and the sanctity of the body, explains Harrington (Victoria U. of Wellington, New Zealand), but bet
The Millennium Declaration was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2000 and explicit targets were set to eradicate key problems in human development by 2015. This collection focuses spec
Examining the influence of gender constructs on the international regime protecting war-affected civilians, R. Charli Carpenter examines how in practice belligerents, advocates and humanitarian player
The dynamics of gendered power remain problematically under-theorized whenever women appear in the war on terror, say these feminist social scientists. They examine discourses about the Global War on
Kardam (Monterey Institute of International Studies) was born and raised in Turkey, and still spends several months a year there with her family, and so can describe changes in the country's policies
Baines (U. of British Columbia and Simon Fraser U.) examines the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its initiatives over the past decade to introduce and implement
