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24%OFFLaura Sjoberg - Gendering Global Conflict: Toward a Feminist Theory of War - 9780231148603 - V9780231148603
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Gendering Global Conflict: Toward a Feminist Theory of War

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Description for Gendering Global Conflict: Toward a Feminist Theory of War Hardback. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPA; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 454.
Laura Sjoberg positions gender and gender subordination as key factors in the making and fighting of global conflict. Through the lens ofgender, she examines the meaning, causes, practices, and experiences of war, building a more inclusive approach to the analysis of violent conflict between states. Considering war at the international, state, substate, and individual levels, Sjoberg's feminist perspective elevates a number of causal variables in war decision-making. These include structural gender inequality, cycles of gendered violence, state masculine posturing, the often overlooked role of emotion in political interactions, gendered understandings of power, and states' mistaken perception of their own ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231148603
SKU
V9780231148603
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About Laura Sjoberg
Laura Sjoberg is associate professor of political science, affiliated with the Center for Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Florida. Her research focuses on theoretical and empirical approaches to gender and security, including war theorizing and the study of women's violence.

Reviews for Gendering Global Conflict: Toward a Feminist Theory of War
A superb contribution to the field, this book is the first full-scale attempt to link feminist theory with the established, mainstream work on war as an empirical puzzle to be solved.
Patrick James, Center for International Studies, University of Southern California With formidable prowess, Sjoberg engages tools from realist, liberal, constructivist, poststructuralist, and postcolonial perspectives to advance a systematic, ... Read more

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