ISBN:
9780742536333
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 304 Seiten)
Series Statement:
War and peace library
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Gender, conflict, and peacekeeping
DDC:
303.6/9
Keywords:
Women and peace
;
Internationaler Konflikt
;
Krieg
;
Politischer Konflikt
;
Innenpolitik
;
Bürgerkrieg
;
Frau
;
Gewalt
;
Militärische Intervention
;
Humanitäre Intervention
;
Friedenssicherung
;
Internationales Recht
;
Völkerrecht
;
Internationales Strafrecht
;
Kriegsverbrechen
;
Strafverfolgung
;
Erde
;
Electronic books
;
Frau
;
Krieg
;
Friede
;
Frau
;
Friedenstruppe
Abstract:
Peacekeeping has become a major international undertaking throughout the world, from Africa to the Americas, from Europe to Southeast Asia. Yet until now, there has been no systematic analysis of the key role of gender in post-cold war conflicts and of post-conflict peacekeeping efforts. This groundbreaking volume explores how gender has become a central factor in shaping current thinking about the causes and consequences of armed conflict, complex emergencies, and reconstruction. Drawing on expertise ranging from the highest levels of international policymaking down to the daily struggle to i
Description / Table of Contents:
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acronyms; Introduction: Gender, Conflict, and Peacekeeping Dyan Mazurana, Angela Raven-Roberts, Jane Parpart, with Sue Lautze; I: Gender, Complex Political Emergencies, and International Intervention; 1 Gender and the Causes and Consequences of Armed Conflict Dyan Mazurana; 2 Gender Mainstreaming in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Talking the Talk, Tripping over the Walk Angela Raven-Roberts; II: Gender, Peacekeeping, and International Humanitarian, Criminal, and Human Rights Law
Description / Table of Contents:
3 Prosecution of Gender- Based Crimes in International Law Valerie Oosterveld4 The Renewed Popularity of the Rule of Law: Implications for Women, Impunity, and Peacekeeping Barbara Bedont; III: Inside Peacekeeping Operations; 5 Peacekeeping Trends and Their Gender Implications for Regional Peacekeeping Forces in Africa: Progress and Challenges Heidi Hudson; 6 Gender, War, and Peace in Mozambique and Angola: Advances and Absences Ruth Jacobson; 7 Peacekeeping, Alphabet Soup, and Violence against Women in the Balkans Martina Vandenberg
Description / Table of Contents:
8 The Namibian Peace Operation in a Gender Context Louise OlssonIV: Peacekeeping Operations, International Intervention, and Gender-Just Peacemaking and Peace Building; 9 The Postconflict Postscript: Gender and Policing in Peace Operations Tracy Fitzsimmons; 10 Gender Equality and the Guatemalan Peace Accords: Critical Reflections Ilja A. Luciak and Cecilia Olmos; 11 Les femmes aux mille bras: Building Peace in Rwanda Erin K. Baines; 12 State Making, Peacemaking, and the Inscription of Gendered Politics into Peace: Lessons from Angola J. Zoe Wilson
Description / Table of Contents:
13 Mainstreaming Gender in United Nations Peacekeeping Training: Examples from East Timor, Ethiopia, and Eritrea Angela Mackay14 What if Patriarchy Is ""the Big Picture""? An Afterword Cynthia Enloe; Appendix; Index; About the Contributors
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