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Book SynopsisTakes a critical look at notions of human security and violence through a feminist lens.
Trade Review"This book is a powerful argument that the field of security can and should be gendered, using a strikingly wide range of illuminating examples. It successfully challenges both security to address gender and feminist analysis to address security" -- Sylvia Walby,author of New Agendas for Women
"None of the essays inGender, Violence & Human Securityare weak. Overall, this is a well-balanced volume, with three opening theoretical chapters, four case studies, four chapters on policy considerations, and a conclusion." * Feminist Collections *
Table of ContentsList of AcronymsPart One 1. Toward a Gender Perspective on Human SecurityAili Mari Tripp 2. What Does Postconflict Security Mean for Women?Fionnuala Ni Aolain 3. Gendering Insecurities, Informalization, and "War Economies"V. Spike PetersonPart Two 4. Securitizing Sex, Bodies, and Borders: The Resonance of Human Security Frames in Thailand's "War against Human Trafficking"Edith Kinney 5. Work and Love in the Gendered U.S. Insecurity State Lisa D. Brush 6. A Struggle for Rites: Masculinity, Violence, and Livelihoods in Karamoja, UgandaElizabeth Stites 7. From German Bus Stop to Academy Award NominationKatherine Pratt EwingPart Three 8. Feminist Collaboration with the State in Response to Sexual ViolenceKristin Bumiller 9. The Vulnerable Protecting the VulnerableLaura J. Heideman 10. Violence against Women, Human Security, and Human Rights of Women and GirlsRuth Rubio-Marin and Dorothy Estrada-Tanck 11. Integrating Gender into Human SecurityNarda Henriquez and Christina Ewig Part Four: Conclusion 12. The Discursive Politics of Gendering Human SecurityMyra Marx FerreeAbout the Contributors Index
