Women's perspectives on human security : violence, environment, and sustainability /

Women's security is a valuable analytical tool as well as a political agenda insofar as it addresses the specific problems affecting women's ability to live dignified, free and secure lives. First, this collection focuses on how conflict impacts women's lives and well-being, including...

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Other Authors: Matthew, Richard A., 1959- (Editor), Weitsman, Patricia A. (Editor), Hoogensen Gjørv, Gunhild, 1966- (Editor), Davis, Nora, 1982- (Editor), Dornfeld, Tera, 1985- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, [2020]
Series:Series in human security.
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Summary:Women's security is a valuable analytical tool as well as a political agenda insofar as it addresses the specific problems affecting women's ability to live dignified, free and secure lives. First, this collection focuses on how conflict impacts women's lives and well-being, including rape and gendered constructions of ethnicity, race and religion. The book's second section looks beyond the scope of large-scale violence to examine human security in terms of environmental policy, food, water and health, and economics. Multidisciplinary in scope, these essays from new and established contributors draw from gender studies, international relations, criminology, political science, economics, sociology, biological and ecological sciences and planning.
Physical Description:vii, 310 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780821424278
0821424270