Feminist Methodologies for International Relations

This volume shows how feminism has made crucial contributions to the study of international relations.

Brooke A. Ackerly (Edited by), Maria Stern (Edited by), Jacqui True (Edited by)

9780521861151, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 29 June 2006

332 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.61 kg

'This is an important book, especially for International Relations students who are intending to conduct empirical research on women … and therefore the book's primary audience must be first-year postgraduates in IR.' International Feminist Journal of Politics

Why is feminist research carried out in international relations (IR)? What are the methodologies and methods that have been developed in order to carry out this research? Feminist Methodologies for International Relations offers students and scholars of IR, feminism, and global politics practical insight into the innovative methodologies and methods that have been developed - or adapted from other disciplinary contexts - in order to do feminist research for IR. Both timely and timeless, this volume makes a diverse range of feminist methodological reflections wholly accessible. Each of the twelve contributors discusses aspects of the relationships between ontology, epistemology, methodology, and method, and how they inform and shape their research. This important and original contribution to the field will both guide and stimulate new thinking.

Introduction
1. Feminist methodologies for international relations Brooke Ackerly, Maria Stern and Jacqui True
Part I. Methodological Conversations Between Feminist and Non-Feminist International Relations: 2. Feminism meets international relations: some methodological issues J. Ann Tickner
3. Distracted reflections on the production, narration and refusal of feminist knowledge in international relations Marysia Zalewski
4. Inclusion and understanding: a collective methodology for feminist international relations S. Laurel Weldon
Part II. Methods for Feminist International Relations: 5. Motives and methods: using multi-sited ethnography to study US national security discourses Carol Cohn
6. Methods for studying silences: gender analysis in institutions of hegemonic masculinity Annica Kronsell
7. Marginalized identity: new frontiers of research for IR? Bina D'Costa
8. From the trenches: dilemmas of feminist IR fieldwork Tami Jacoby
9. Racism, sexism, classism and much more: reading security-identity in marginalized sites Maria Stern
Part III. Methodologies for Feminist International Relations: 10. Bringing art/museums to feminist international relations Christine Sylvester
11. Methods of feminist normative theory: a political ethic of care for international relations Fiona Robinson
12. Studying the struggles and wishes of the age: feminist theoretical methodology and feminist theoretical methods Brooke Ackerly and Jacqui True
13. Conclusion Brooke Ackerly, Maria Stern and Jacqui True.

Subject Areas: International relations [JPS], Gender studies: women [JFSJ1], Gender studies, gender groups [JFSJ]