Gender and political violence : women changing the politics of terrorism / Candice D. Ortbals, Lori M. Poloni-Staudinger.
2018
JC328.6
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Title
Gender and political violence : women changing the politics of terrorism / Candice D. Ortbals, Lori M. Poloni-Staudinger.
Author
Ortbals, Candice D., author.
ISBN
9783319736280 (electronic book)
3319736280 (electronic book)
9783319736266
3319736264
3319736280 (electronic book)
9783319736266
3319736264
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing AG, [2018]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-73628-0 doi
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JC328.6
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.325
Summary
This book examines the role of gender in political conflicts worldwide, specifically the intersection between gender and terrorism. Political violence has historically been viewed as a male domain with men considered the perpetrators of violence and power, and women as victims without power. Whereas men and masculinity are associated with war and aggression, women and femininity conjure up socially constructed images of passivity and peace. This distinction of men as aggressors and women as passive victims denies women their voice and agency. This book investigates how women cope with and influence violent politics, and is both a descriptive and analytical attempt to describe in what ways women are present or absent in political contexts involving political violence, and how they deal with gender assumptions, express gender identities, and frame their actions regarding political violence encountered in their lives. The book looks to reach beyond the notion of women as victims of terrorism or genocide without agency, and to recognize the gendered nature of political conflicts and how women respond to violence. This book will be of interest to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in political science, sociology, cultural studies, and gender studies, academics in terrorism studies and gender studies, government officials, NGOs, and professionals working in areas of violent conflict.
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Poloni-Staudinger, Lori, author.
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Gender and political violence.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Part I: Women as Perpetrators
Women as Guerillas
Women in Terrorist Cells
Part II: Women as Victims of Terrorism
Women as Victims of Genocide and Gendercide
Women and girls as targets of terrorist cells
Part III: Women as Respondents
Social Movements
Memory Politics
Elites
Part IV: Public Opinion and Terrorism
Interactions between sex, gender and support for terrorism
Conclusion.
Part I: Women as Perpetrators
Women as Guerillas
Women in Terrorist Cells
Part II: Women as Victims of Terrorism
Women as Victims of Genocide and Gendercide
Women and girls as targets of terrorist cells
Part III: Women as Respondents
Social Movements
Memory Politics
Elites
Part IV: Public Opinion and Terrorism
Interactions between sex, gender and support for terrorism
Conclusion.