Feminist Foreign Policy Analysis: A New Subfield

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How can feminist scholarship advance the field of foreign policy analysis to better understand contemporary foreign policy actions and challenges?

This groundbreaking book provides the state-of-the-art in the study of gender, feminisms and foreign policy. Bringing together contributors from around the world, chapters offer new analyses of foreign policy topics, including diplomacy, trade, defence, environment, peacebuilding, disinformation and development assistance. The book advances new theories, concepts and empirical knowledge for the emerging field of feminist foreign policy analysis.

The book stands as a vital resource for scholars, students and practitioners seeking to understand and respond to the multifaceted gendered dynamics of global politics.

Columba Achilleos-Sarll is Associate Professor in Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham.

Jennifer Thomson is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the University of Bath.

Katharine A. M. Wright is Senior Lecturer in International Politics at Newcastle University, UK and a Fulbright Scholar and Research Fellow on the Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Karin Aggestam is Professor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies and Scientific Coordinator of the Strategic Research Area on the Middle East at Lund University.

Jacqui True is Professor of International Relations, Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women at Monash University.