{"product_id":"international-security-and-gender-hardback-9780745651163","title":"International Security and Gender (Hardback) 9780745651163","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eInternational Security and Gender\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNicole Detraz (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745651163, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 September 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 14.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.467 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e award for Outstanding Academic Title\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Through a vast review of the security literature, Detraz makes an excellent case for the greater understanding and incorporation of gender in security studies.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLSE Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An essential read for every IR and feminist scholar and student seeking deeper understandings of current events in the field.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCentral European Journal of International and Security Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Should be a key text for students of security studies. It is also a powerful introduction for gender scholars to understand how security discourses not only use, but also create, particular constructions of gender.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeminist \u0026amp; Women's Studies Association Blog\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eInternational Security and Gender\u003c\/i\u003e is a complex and critical overview of the field of gender and security, which familiarizes readers with the field in a fair and even-handed manner and provides forward-looking challenges to the field's research agendas.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eLaura Sjoberg, University of Florida\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Nicole Detraz's book presents a comprehensive and well-written introduction to what it means to approach international security through gendered lenses. A highly valuable contribution to the current security debate, it shows persuasively the central place of gender. Convincingly, it argues that security studies miss something crucial when gender remains invisible in debates on militarization, peacebuilding, terrorism, as well as human, environmental, and climate security. It urges students to enlarge the scope of security and question key concepts, while also suggesting ways toward change and emancipation.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAnnica Kronsell, Lund University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In an essential contribution to the growing field of feminist security studies, Detraz shows impeccably how asking feminist questions about a range of security issues leads us to understand the gendered aspects of vulnerabilities and threats, ultimately helping to formulate reflexive, rather than simplistic, policies to bring about human emancipation.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCatia Cecilia Confortini, Wellesley College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat does it mean to be secure? In the global news, we hear stories  daily about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, about domestic-level  conflicts around the world, about the challenges of cybersecurity and  social security. This broad list highlights the fact that security is an  idea with multiple meanings, but do we all experience security issues  in the same way? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Nicole Detraz explores the broad  terrain of security studies through a gender lens. Assumptions about  masculinity and femininity play important roles in how we understand and  react to security threats. By examining issues of militarization,  peacekeeping, terrorism, human security, and environmental security, the  book considers how the gender-security nexus pushes us to ask different  questions and broaden our sphere of analysis. Including gender in our  analysis of security challenges the primacy of some traditional security  concepts and shifts the focus to be more inclusive. Without a full  understanding of the vulnerabilities and threats associated with  security, we may miss opportunities to address pressing global problems.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOur  society often expects men and women to play different roles, and this  is no less true in the realm of security. This book demonstrates that  security debates exhibit gendered understandings of key concepts, and  whilst these gendered assumptions may benefit specific people, they are  often detrimental to others, particularly in the key realm of  policy-making.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Understanding Gender in Security Debates 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Gendered Militarization and Militarism 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Gender in Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 A Gendered Understanding of Terrorism 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Human Security and Gender 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Gender, Security, and Environment 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Th e Contributions of Gender Lenses to Security 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 241\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407321428248,"sku":"9780745651163","price":42.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745651163.jpg?v=1784161522","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/international-security-and-gender-hardback-9780745651163","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}