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Book SynopsisWhy is feminist work carried out in international relations (IR)? What are the methodologies and methods that have been developed in order to do feminist research for IR? This contributory volume shows how, over the previous two decades, feminism has made crucial contributions to the study of international relations.
Trade Review'This volume presents a marvellous account of feminist methodologies … This edited volume is instructive in illuminating feminist methodologies and in highlighting the insights gained from them … it takes a difficult topic and should serve as a catalyst for further debate.' Perspectives on Politics
' … a thoroughly satisfying book that manages to integrate a diverse range of feminist IR scholarship without forcing it into a straitjacket. It is an important teaching tool, showing the rigor of feminist methods and providing helpful guideposts to those who venture onto the terrain of feminist international relations. It should be required reading in every IR graduate methodology course.' International Studies Review
'This book provides excellent feminist scholarship for IR and other 'sister' disciplines such as development studies.' Gender & Development
'This is an important book, especially for International Relations students who are intending to conduct empirical research on women … and therefore the book's primary audience must be first-year postgraduates in IR.' International Feminist Journal of Politics
Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Feminist methodologies for international relations Brooke Ackerly, Maria Stern and Jacqui True; Part I. Methodological Conversations Between Feminist and Non-Feminist International Relations: 2. Feminism meets international relations: some methodological issues J. Ann Tickner; 3. Distracted reflections on the production, narration and refusal of feminist knowledge in international relations Marysia Zalewski; 4. Inclusion and understanding: a collective methodology for feminist international relations S. Laurel Weldon; Part II. Methods for Feminist International Relations: 5. Motives and methods: using multi-sited ethnography to study US national security discourses Carol Cohn; 6. Methods for studying silences: gender analysis in institutions of hegemonic masculinity Annica Kronsell; 7. Marginalized identity: new frontiers of research for IR? Bina D'Costa; 8. From the trenches: dilemmas of feminist IR fieldwork Tami Jacoby; 9. Racism, sexism, classism and much more: reading security-identity in marginalized sites Maria Stern; Part III. Methodologies for Feminist International Relations: 10. Bringing art/museums to feminist international relations Christine Sylvester; 11. Methods of feminist normative theory: a political ethic of care for international relations Fiona Robinson; 12. Studying the struggles and wishes of the age: feminist theoretical methodology and feminist theoretical methods Brooke Ackerly and Jacqui True; 13. Conclusion Brooke Ackerly, Maria Stern and Jacqui True.
