Gendering World Politics

Front Cover\r......Page 2
Copyright Info\r......Page 6
Dedication\r......Page 7
TOC\r......Page 8
Preface\r......Page 9
Introduction: Gendering World Politics\r......Page 14
1 - Troubled Encounters: Feminism Meets IR\r......Page 22
Feminist Theories\r......Page 24
Liberal Feminism\r......Page 25
Challenges to Liberal Feminism\r......Page 26
Feminist Theories and IR\r......Page 33
Debates in IR\r......Page 35
Feminist Intersections with IR\r......Page 40
2 - Gendered Dimensions of War, Peace, and Security\r......Page 49
Realist Perspectives on Security\r......Page 50
Beyond the Realist Agenda\r......Page 53
Redefining Security......Page 56
Epistemological Debates......Page 57
Feminist Perspectives on Security......Page 60
Casualties of War: Challenging the Myth of Protection......Page 62
National Security: A Gendered Discourse......Page 64
Gendering State and Nation......Page 66
Gendering War\r......Page 70
Gendering Peace\r......Page 71
Feminist Redefinitions of Security......Page 74
3 - Gender in the Global Economy......Page 78
From Three Paradigms to the Neo/Neo Synthesis......Page 80
The Debate about Economic Globalization\r......Page 82
A Resurgent Liberalism\r......Page 83
Critical Reactions\r......Page 86
Feminist Perspectives on Economic Globalization\r......Page 90
Gender in the Debate on Economic Globalization\r......Page 92
A Globalized Gendered Division of Labor\r......Page 94
Women in Development: Expanding the IR Agenda\r......Page 102
4 - Democratization, the State, and the Global Order: Gendered Perspectives......Page 109
Democratization and the Democratic Peace\r......Page 111
Democratization: Liberal and Critical Perspectives......Page 113
Does Democracy Foster International Peace?......Page 115
Feminist Perspectives on Democratization\r......Page 116
Democratization: A Gendered Concept\r......Page 117
Transitions in Russia and East Europe......Page 119
Democratic Transitions in Latin America\r......Page 121
Rethinking Democratization with Gendered Lenses\r......Page 122
Women in International Organizations......Page 123
Women\'s Rights as Human Rights\r......Page 125
Women in Social Movements and Nongovernmental Organizations......Page 129
Rethinking the State\r......Page 133
5 - Conclusions and Beginnings: Some Pathways for IR Feminist Futures......Page 138
Why Do Conversations Frequently Fail?......Page 139
Whose Disciplinary Boundaries?\r......Page 143
Putting Gender In When It Is Already There\r......Page 147
Subjectivity......Page 148
What Is Knowledge For?......Page 149
Different Questions\r......Page 151
Feminist Methodologies\r......Page 153
Ethnography\r......Page 154
Discourse Analysis\r......Page 157
Is There a Future for Feminism in IR?\r......Page 159
Introduction\r......Page 161
1 - Troubled Encounters: Feminism Meets IR\r......Page 162
2 - Gendered Dimensions of War, Peace, and Security......Page 167
3 - Gender in the Global Economy......Page 171
4 - Democratization, the State, and the Global Order: Gendered Perspectives......Page 176
5 - Conclusions and Beginnings: Some Pathways for IR Feminist Futures\r......Page 180
Bibliography\r......Page 183
Index\r......Page 203