New Directions in Women, Peace and Security

by Soumita Basu (Editor), Paul Kirby (Editor), Laura Shepherd (Editor)

Overview

What does gender equality mean for peace, justice, and security? At the turn of the 21st century, feminist advocates persuaded the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution that drew attention to this question at the highest levels of international policy deliberations. Today the Women, Peace and Security agenda is a complex field, relevant to every conceivable dimension of war and peace. This groundbreaking book engages vexed and vexing questions about the future of the agenda, from the legacies of coloniality to the prospects of international law, and from the implications of the global arms trade to the impact of climate change. It balances analysis of emerging trends with specially commissioned reflections from those at the forefront of policy and practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529207781
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	06/12/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Soumita Basu is Assistant Professor in International Relations at the South Asian University. Paul C. Kirby is Lecturer in International Security at the University of Sussex. Laura J. Shepherd is Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Professor of International Relations at the University of Sydney.
Soumita Basu is Assistant Professor in International Relations at the South Asian University. Paul C. Kirby is Lecturer in International Security at the University of Sussex. Laura J. Shepherd is Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Professor of International Relations at the University of Sydney.

Table of Contents

United Nations Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security
Foreword: Toward Strategic Instrumentalism ~ Anne Marie Goetz
Women, Peace and Security: A Critical Cartography ~ Soumita Basu, Paul Kirby and Laura J. Shepherd
Part I: Encounters
South Sudanese Women on the Move: An Account of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda~ Rita M. Lopidia and Lucy Hall
The Price of Peace? Frictional Encounters on Gender, Security and the ‘Economic Peace Paradigm’ ~ Nicole George
Difficult Encounters with the WPS Agenda in South Asia: Re- scripting Globalized Norms and Policy Frameworks for a Feminist Peace ~ Rita Manchanda
Best Practice Diplomacy and Feminist Killjoys in the Strategic State: Exploring the Affective Politics of Women, Peace and Security ~ Minna Lyytikäinen and Marjaana Jauhola
Between Protection and Participation: Affect, Countering Violent Extremism and the Possibility for Agency ~ Elizabeth Pearson
Lessons Lived in Gender and International Criminal Law ~ Patricia Viseur Sellers and Louise Chappell
Holding Feminist Space ~ sam cook and Louise Allen
Part II: Horizons
Global Racial Hierarchies and the Limits of Localization via National Action Plans ~ Toni Haastrup and Jamie J. Hagen
Towards a Postcolonial, Anti- Racist, Anti- Militarist Feminist Mode of Weapons Control ~ Anna Stavrianakis
The Privatization of War: A New Challenge for the Women, Peace and Security Agenda ~ Marta Bautista Forcada and Cristina Hernández Lázaro
Human Trafficking, Human Rights and Women, Peace and Security: The Sound of Silence ~ Gema Fernández Rodríguez de Liévana and Christine Chinkin
Addressing Future Fragility: Women, Climate Change and Migration ~ Briana Mawby and Anna Applebaum
Feminist Challenges to the Co-optation of WPS: A Conversation with Joy Onyesoh and Madeleine Rees ~ Joy Onyesoh, Madeleine Rees and Catia Cecilia Confortini

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Born of the brutalities of the wars in Bosnia and Rwanda, the women, peace and justice agenda initially focused on accountability for sexual violence. Since then the agenda has transformed and been interpreted in different ways. It is important to remain firmly rooted to its messages on accountability, representation and peacebuilding. This book that looks at the vexing questions and the difficult dilemmas may provide us with a way forward.” Radhika Coomaraswamy, Former Under Secretary General of the United Nations and Special Representative in Children and Armed Conflict

“In an era where relegating women’s rights and leadership in peace-building to the back burner is the new normal, this anthology is a sure wake-up call.” Meghna Guhathakurta, Research Initiatives Bangladesh

“This remarkable collection is testament to the resilience, inventiveness and tenacious optimism of feminist peace advocates, building on lessons learned from two decades of engagement with the UN Security Council.” Dianne Otto, University of Melbourne