Gender and Peacebuilding

ISBN 10: 0739192604 / ISBN 13: 9780739192603

Published by Lexington Books, 2015

About this Item

Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Along with provocative theoretical and critical analyses of gender in Peace and Conflict Studies, this book shares concrete examples of peacebuilding work by women from various corners of the world book and highlights the need for a gendered lens in peacebu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gender and Peacebuilding
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0739192604
• ISBN 13: 9780739192603
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The twenty-­first century has brought with it a shift from the notion of human security being located in secure national borders to the need to secure the safety, freedom, and dignity of all. Despite efforts to equalize women’s status in the world evidenced by changes in many international projects requiring a gender focus, women and men experience most of the world in very different ways according to gender. Further, the reality is that humans who do not all fall neatly into one of these categories – male or female – often find their lives further challenged.
In the 1980s, Peace and Conflict Studies first began to acknowledge and study the different experiences males and females have during war and peace. Since then, there have been books about women and war, women working at grassroots levels to build peace, women and transitional justice, women and peace education, and women’s views of human security. All of these works have contributed to the discourse of our changing world.
This book brings together some of those themes and voices and adds more with the final product being more than the sum of its parts. We add to the conversation a book that considers foundational/fundamental issues that span from the interpersonal to the global. Many of the chapters describe empirical research completed with author and community, shared here for the first time. Part One is a collection of case studies, documenting challenges and responses to peacebuilding by women from various parts of the world. Part Two focuses on Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) as a discipline, examining not only what is, but also what should be taught. This section critiques today’s efforts at teaching Peace and Conflict Studies and provides suggestions of how this important work might be shared in more open and equitable ways. Part Three enters territory found even less in the PACS literature. In this section our authors confront patriarchy, engage in a discussion about the contribution queer theory makes to PACS, and tussle with the notion of inclusivity with considerations of both gender and disability. It then ends with a discussion about the contribution feminist methodologies make to PACS.

About the Author

Maureen P. Flaherty is assistant professor in the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at the University of Manitoba.

ThomasMatyók is associate professor and chair of the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Jessica Senehi is associate professor in the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at the University of Manitoba.

Sean Byrne is professor in the Peace and Conflict Studies Program, and director of the Arthur V. Mauro Center for Peace and Justice at St. Paul’s College at the University of Manitoba.

Hamdesa Tuso is assistant professor in the Peace and Conflict Studies program at the University of Manitoba.