J. Ann Tickner
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- April 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199951246
- eISBN:
- 9780199374717
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199951246.003.0012
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
This chapter discusses some feminist scholarship that revisits the issue of conversation between feminists and IR scholars, which were discussed in Chapters 6 and 7 of this book. It addresses ...
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This chapter discusses some feminist scholarship that revisits the issue of conversation between feminists and IR scholars, which were discussed in Chapters 6 and 7 of this book. It addresses feminists concerns as to whether these conversations are still useful, as well as concerns about using quantitative social scientific methodologies, an issue that has been particularly contentious over the past few years. Although many IR feminists have been critical of this type of work, feminist research that uses quantitative social scientific frameworks has been more successful in gaining acceptance in the field more generally. The chapter addresses this controversy, demonstrating ways that quantitative methodologies can be useful for feminist IR while also addressing their limitations. It concludes with some observations about possible futures for feminist IR.Less
This chapter discusses some feminist scholarship that revisits the issue of conversation between feminists and IR scholars, which were discussed in Chapters 6 and 7 of this book. It addresses feminists concerns as to whether these conversations are still useful, as well as concerns about using quantitative social scientific methodologies, an issue that has been particularly contentious over the past few years. Although many IR feminists have been critical of this type of work, feminist research that uses quantitative social scientific frameworks has been more successful in gaining acceptance in the field more generally. The chapter addresses this controversy, demonstrating ways that quantitative methodologies can be useful for feminist IR while also addressing their limitations. It concludes with some observations about possible futures for feminist IR.
Ayelet Harel-Shalev and Shir Daphna-Tekoah
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- November 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780190072582
- eISBN:
- 9780190072612
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190072582.003.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics, Political Economy
The book focuses on the importance of the study of women combat soldiers and veterans in the fields of Security Studies and International Relations. The chapter addresses this issue by bringing ...
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The book focuses on the importance of the study of women combat soldiers and veterans in the fields of Security Studies and International Relations. The chapter addresses this issue by bringing women’s voices and silences to the forefront of research in these domains and by presenting women soldiers as narrators of war and conflict through their alternative and very personal stories. The pivotal motif that runs through the book is the theoretical framework it provides for understanding the process of integration of women soldiers into combat and combat-support roles and the challenges they face. The research seeks to explore narratives of women as violent actors rather than as women struggling for peace. The book prompts scholars to be critical of widely accepted knowledge and binary conceptions in military studies. Chapter 1 outlines the book’s rationale, the research framework, the context of the research, and the contents of the subsequent chapters.Less
The book focuses on the importance of the study of women combat soldiers and veterans in the fields of Security Studies and International Relations. The chapter addresses this issue by bringing women’s voices and silences to the forefront of research in these domains and by presenting women soldiers as narrators of war and conflict through their alternative and very personal stories. The pivotal motif that runs through the book is the theoretical framework it provides for understanding the process of integration of women soldiers into combat and combat-support roles and the challenges they face. The research seeks to explore narratives of women as violent actors rather than as women struggling for peace. The book prompts scholars to be critical of widely accepted knowledge and binary conceptions in military studies. Chapter 1 outlines the book’s rationale, the research framework, the context of the research, and the contents of the subsequent chapters.
Ayelet Harel-Shalev and Shir Daphna-Tekoah
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- November 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780190072582
- eISBN:
- 9780190072612
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190072582.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics, Political Economy
The book focuses on the study of women combat soldiers in the fields of Security Studies and International Relations. It addresses this issue by bringing the soldiers’ voices and silences to the ...
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The book focuses on the study of women combat soldiers in the fields of Security Studies and International Relations. It addresses this issue by bringing the soldiers’ voices and silences to the forefront of research in these domains and by presenting the women soldiers as narrators. The book introduces a theoretical framework in Critical Security Studies for understanding—by binary deconstructions of the terms used in these fields—the integration of women soldiers into combat and combat-support roles and the challenges they face. The book draws on Feminist IR scholarship and introduces an interdisciplinary theoretical perspective that aims to lead scholars to consider why and how women’s experiences should be incorporated into the analysis of violence, state violence, combat trauma, security, and insecurity. The book therefore emphasizes the importance of including, in critical approaches to security, the understudied topic of the voices of women in combat. The book explores the voices and silences of women who served in combat roles in the Israeli Defense Forces. The analysis, however, extends beyond the Israeli case insofar as the book offers important general insights into the larger issues of the links between war and gender, body and gender, trauma and gender, and politics and gender. It also raises methodological considerations about ways of evaluating power relations in conflict situations and patriarchal structures. The binary deconstructions discussed in the book offer a paradigm shift in Security Studies and Conflict Studies.Less
The book focuses on the study of women combat soldiers in the fields of Security Studies and International Relations. It addresses this issue by bringing the soldiers’ voices and silences to the forefront of research in these domains and by presenting the women soldiers as narrators. The book introduces a theoretical framework in Critical Security Studies for understanding—by binary deconstructions of the terms used in these fields—the integration of women soldiers into combat and combat-support roles and the challenges they face. The book draws on Feminist IR scholarship and introduces an interdisciplinary theoretical perspective that aims to lead scholars to consider why and how women’s experiences should be incorporated into the analysis of violence, state violence, combat trauma, security, and insecurity. The book therefore emphasizes the importance of including, in critical approaches to security, the understudied topic of the voices of women in combat. The book explores the voices and silences of women who served in combat roles in the Israeli Defense Forces. The analysis, however, extends beyond the Israeli case insofar as the book offers important general insights into the larger issues of the links between war and gender, body and gender, trauma and gender, and politics and gender. It also raises methodological considerations about ways of evaluating power relations in conflict situations and patriarchal structures. The binary deconstructions discussed in the book offer a paradigm shift in Security Studies and Conflict Studies.
Amanda D. Watson
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780190939182
- eISBN:
- 9780190939212
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190939182.003.0011
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics, Comparative Politics
This chapter explains why feminists must retain and critique the institution of motherhood in order to better understand its disciplinary nature, and how it separates mothers from feminism, and women ...
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This chapter explains why feminists must retain and critique the institution of motherhood in order to better understand its disciplinary nature, and how it separates mothers from feminism, and women from each other and themselves. The chapter outlines the constitution of care in global politics and what the author calls the “trap of maternalism.” Staging a reading of two short film commercial advertisements that explicitly lay claim to motherhood, the author draws out signifiers of contemporary motherhood and reflects on how maternal thinking and critique of the institution of motherhood can be generative of feminist political theory. Finally, the author reflects further on the potential of maternal thinking to expand feminist notions of care in masculinized spaces.Less
This chapter explains why feminists must retain and critique the institution of motherhood in order to better understand its disciplinary nature, and how it separates mothers from feminism, and women from each other and themselves. The chapter outlines the constitution of care in global politics and what the author calls the “trap of maternalism.” Staging a reading of two short film commercial advertisements that explicitly lay claim to motherhood, the author draws out signifiers of contemporary motherhood and reflects on how maternal thinking and critique of the institution of motherhood can be generative of feminist political theory. Finally, the author reflects further on the potential of maternal thinking to expand feminist notions of care in masculinized spaces.
