Sex and world peace /
By: Hudson, Valerie M [author.].
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2014Description: xii, 289 pages : color maps ; 26 cm.Content type: text | text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 0231131836; 9780231131834:; 9780231131834.Subject(s): International relations -- Social aspects | Sex discrimination against women | Women and war | Women and human security | Women and peace | Peace -- Social aspects | War and societyDDC classification: 303.66Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 303.66 HUD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0065138 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
While the security of the state affects the security of women, does it also hold that the security of women helps determine the security of states? This text unsettles a variety of assumptions in political and security discourse, proving the situation of women to be a vital variable in the incidence of conflict and war.