War Economy (RIPE Series in Global Political Economy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032935596 ISBN 13: 9781032935591

Publisher: Routledge, 2025

Synopsis

War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital examines the war economy from feminist perspectives, bringing fresh thinking in the context of heightened geopolitical tensions.

This book challenges the common understanding of war economy as a state‑driven, top‑down project necessitated by a conflictual international order. It introduces the concept of gendered circuits of violence – different types of violence across space and time – to conceptually and empirically link crises and wars through flows of capital, bodies, weapons, and militarised technologies. It deals with real‑world conflicts, including in Gaza and Russia/Ukraine as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran, Liberia, and Mexico. With increasing calls for the development of a war economy, especially in Europe, and broad acceptance that the global political economy is rapidly being primed for war, this book’s feminist political economy analysis and alternatives are vital and urgent.

War Economy will appeal to students, scholars, and policymakers in the areas of International Political Economy, Politics and International Relations, Gender Studies, Security Studies, and War, Peace, and Conflict Studies.

Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

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About the Author

Aida A. Hozić is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Florida. Her research is situated at the intersection of political economy, cultural studies, and international security.

Jacqui True is Professor of International Relations and Director of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW). Her research is focused on the political economy of violence against women, conflict-related gender-based violence, and feminist foreign policy analysis.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032935596
• ISBN 13: 9781032935591
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236
• Editor: Hozić Aida A, True Jacqui