ISBN:
9781461456414
,
1283909219
,
9781283909211
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XV, 185 p. 17 illus., 15 illus. in color, digital)
Series Statement:
SpringerBriefs in Political Science 8
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T.
Keywords:
Social sciences
;
Developmental psychology
;
Social Sciences
;
Social sciences
;
Developmental psychology
Abstract:
This book explores how gender intersects with political violence, and particularly terrorism. We ask how gender relations and understandings of femininity and masculinity influence political violence, which includes politics related to terrorism, state terrorism, and genocide. We investigate how women cope with and influence the politics of terrorism and genocide. The book’s goals are descriptive and analytical. We (1) describe in what ways women are present (and/or perceived as absent) in political contexts involving violence, and (2) analyze what gender assumptions, identities, and frames women face and themselves express and act upon regarding political violence encountered in their lives. The manuscript is divided into seven chapters: introduction, women as victims/survivors of violence, women as perpetrators of violence, women in social movements responding to violence, women politicians leading policy regarding violence, the public opinion of women and men concerning violence, and a conclusion. Each chapter explores the intersection between gender and terrorism through the lens of the chapter focus.
Description / Table of Contents:
Terrorism and Violent Conflict; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; Goals of This Book; De fi nitions of Terrorism, Genocide, and State Terrorism; De fi nitions of Sex and Gender; Themes of the Book; Organization of the Book; Chapter 2: Women as Victims of Violence and Terrorism; Introduction; Genocide and Gendercide; The Gendering of Political Violence and Gendercide; International Response to Genocide and Gendercide: Punishing Perpetrators; Rape as a Weapon of War and Genocide; Case Study: Gendercide and Rape in the Former Yugoslavia
Description / Table of Contents:
IntroductionGendercide and Rape in Yugoslavia; Post-Con fl ict Challenges and Solutions; Why Use Rape and Sexualized Torture as a Weapon During Con fl icts?; International Responses to Rape: Regaining Agency?; Terrorism's Victimization of Women; Case Study: Genocide and Use of Rape as a Weapon in Darfur; Introduction and Background to the Case; Rape as a Weapon of War in Darfur; Conclusion; Women as Targets of Terrorism; Conclusions; Chapter 3: Women Engaged in Violent Political Activity; Introduction; Women as Warriors, Guerillas, and Anarchists; Women in Terrorist Cells
Description / Table of Contents:
What Motivates Women to Terrorism?What Do Women Terrorists Do?; Case Study: Women's Actions in ETA; (continued); Women in Islamic Terrorist Cells; Case Study: Women in Al Qaeda; (continued); Women as Suicide Bombers; What Motivates Women Suicide Bombers?; Why Do Groups Use (Women) Suicide Bombers?; Case Study: The Black Widows of Chechnya; Women as Genocidaires; Media Reaction to Violent Women; Conclusions; Chapter 4: Women in Social Movement Groups as Related to Terrorism; Introduction; Background to Women Organized in Social Groups
Description / Table of Contents:
Maternal Politics in Social Movement Groups: Advocating for Family and PeacePrisoners' Rights and Victims' Rights Groups; Peace Advocates; Mothers in Counterideological Groups; Case Study: Maternal Politics and the Madres of Plaza de Mayo in Argentina; (Continued); Feminist Politics in Social Movement Groups: Challenging Patriarchy and Violence; Women in Black; Code Pink; Analysis of Women in Black and Code Pink; Case Study: Women Without Borders; Conclusions; Chapter 5: Terrorism and Women Political Elites; Introduction; Descriptive Representation of Women Elites in Terrorism Policymaking
Description / Table of Contents:
Substantive Representation of Women Elites in Terrorism PolicymakingBasque Women Elites Framing their Experiences with Terrorism; Case Study: Elite Framing in the Basque Regions of France and Spain; Women Elites' Representation in the Media; Media Framing: French and Spanish Elites; Case Study: Media Framing of Elites in France and Spain; Media Framing: Hillary Clinton and the Bin Laden Raid; Case Study: The Gendering of the Bin Laden Raid; Conclusions; Chapter 6: Terrorism and the Public: Gender, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior; Introduction; Public Opinion and Terrorism
Description / Table of Contents:
Sex, Gender, and Support for Terrorism
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4614-5641-4
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