{"product_id":"women-and-wars-9780745642451","title":"Women and Wars","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere are the women? In traditional historical and scholarly accounts of the making and fighting of wars, women are often nowhere to be seen. With few exceptions, war stories are told as if men were the only ones who plan, fight, are injured by, and negotiate ends to wars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook of the month on \u003ci\u003eIntercross\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eWomen and Wars\u003c\/i\u003e fills the vacuum left by the 'women as victims' approach that characterized the early 2000's, with a diverse array of options for understanding the roles and perspectives that women have during conflict, including: soldiers, civilians, caregivers, sex workers, refugees and internally displaced persons, anti-war activists, and community peace-builders\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePRISM\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"If I were to deliver a course or module focused on the topic of 'women and wars', this is without a doubt the textbook I would choose.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGender and Development\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"To my mind, the very best academic work makes its reader sit up and take notice, either because the ideas are unfamiliar or because familiar ideas have been articulated in a new and engaging way. The individual chapters in this volume do both.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGender and Development\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A valuable collection for everyone interested in learning some of the ways feminist (IR) analysis is currently formulating, studying, and presenting its war questions.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLSE Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A comprehensive and highly readable collection, which is thematically and conceptually coherent.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eResilience\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Too often, women remain invisible in times of war. With contributions from scholars, activists, and policymakers, \u003ci\u003eWomen and Wars\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers stories about women�s multiple roles as warriors, war victims, and peacebuilders. An important text for anyone concerned with the tragic consequences of today�s wars. And a reminder that wars are always gendered.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJ. Ann Tickner, School of International Relations, University of Southern California\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"With its diverse, thoughtful, and theoretically rich perspectives on gender, conflict and violence this book stands out from the crowd as an exceptional and interdisciplinary contribution to the field. This will be a valuable resource for scholars and practitioners and should be treated as a 'go to' resource giving an exciting perspective on the state of the field in gender and war.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMegan Mackenzie, University of Sydney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"The book provides a comprehensive picture of the current scholarship on women and war as well as detailed and disturbing accounts of the lives of women during and after many recent wars. It would be an ideal text for a variety of courses on international and human security.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCraig Murphy, Wellesley College\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\"The chapters are rich both in their content and their diversity. \u003ci\u003eWomen and Wars\u003c\/i\u003e stands out as an important volume in an increasingly busy field of scholarship. I will return to the text many times for future teaching and will undoubtedly be assigning chapters to my students.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDr Catherine O�Rourke, University of Ulster\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoxes and Tables vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword by Cynthia Enloe xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Women and Wars: Toward a Conceptual Framework 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarol Cohn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Women and the Political Economy of War 36\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAngela Raven-Roberts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Sexual Violence and Women’s Health in War 54\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePamela DeLargy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Women Forced to Flee: Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 80\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWenona Giles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Women and Political Activism in the Face of War and Militarization 102\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarol Cohn and Ruth Jacobson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Women and State Military Forces 124\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJennifer G. Mathers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Women, Girls, and Non-State Armed Opposition Groups 146\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDyan Mazurana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Women and Peace Processes 169\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMalathi de Alwis, Julie Mertus, and Tazreena Sajjad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Women, Girls, and Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) 194\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDyan Mazurana and Linda Eckerbom Cole\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Women \"After\" Wars 215\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRuth Jacobson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 279\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404381102423,"sku":"9780745642451","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745642451.jpg?v=1730486284","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/women-and-wars-9780745642451","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}