Men, Militarism, and UN Peacekeeping: A Gendered Analysis / Edition 1

by Sandra Whitworth

Overview

Whitworth (political science and women's studies, York U., Canada) offers a feminist critique of UN peacekeeping missions, arguing the politics of peacekeeping is often ignored in celebrations of their allegedly humanitarian motivations. She provides studies of missions in Cambodia and Somalia in the 1990s, paying particular attention to the impact of missions on the lives of local people. She also argues that the most aggressive elements of masculinity is reinforced in forming the identity of soldiers, making them particularly unsuitable for peacekeeping missions. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781588265524
Publisher:	Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/30/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	225
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

	List of Photographs	ix
	Preface	1
1	Introduction: The Costly Contradictions of UN Peacekeeping	11
2	Narratives of Peacekeeping, Past and Present	23
3	When the UN "Succeeds": The Case of Cambodia	53
4	Canada: Peacekeeping Country Par Excellence?	85
5	When the UN Responds: A Critique of Gender Mainstreaming	119
6	Militarized Masculinities and Blue Berets	151
7	Conclusion: Do Warriors Make the Best Peacekeepers?	183
	List of Acronyms	189
	Bibliography	191
	Index	215
	About the Book	225