Title
Sex and world peace [electronic resource] / Valerie M. Hudson ... [et al.].
ISBN
9780231520096 (electronic bk.)
9780231131827
Publication Details
New York : Columbia University Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 289 p.) : maps.
Call Number
JZ1253.2 .S49 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
303.6/6
Summary
This book unsettles a variety of assumptions in political and security discourse, demonstrating that the security of women is a vital factor in the security of the state and its incidence of conflict and war. The authors compare micro-level gender violence and macro-level state peacefulness in global settings, supporting their findings with detailed analyses and color maps. Harnessing an immense amount of data, they call attention to discrepancies between national laws protecting women and the enforcement of those laws, and they note the adverse effects on state security of abnormal sex ratios favoring males, the practice of polygamy, and inequitable realities in family law, among other gendered aggressions. The authors find that the treatment of women informs human interaction at all levels of society. Their research challenges conventional definitions of security and democracy and shows that the treatment of gender, played out on the world stage, informs the true clash of civilizations. In terms of resolving these injustices, the authors examine top-down and bottom-up approaches to healing wounds of violence against women, as well as ways to rectify inequalities in family law and the lack of parity in decision-making councils. Emphasizing the importance of an R2PW, or state responsibility to protect women, they mount a solid campaign against women's systemic insecurity, which effectively unravels the security of all.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Roots of national and international relations
What is there to see, and why aren't we seeing it?
When we do see the global picture, we are moved to ask how this happened
The heart of the matter: the security of women and the security of states
Wings of national and international relations, part one: effecting positive change through top-down approaches
Wings of national and international relations, part two: effecting positive change through bottom-up approaches
Taking wing
Appendix A: Operationalizations for data analysis in chapter 4
Appendix B: Data analysis results for chapter 4.
