Binding: Paperback
Description: This book offers an accessible overview of the multiple interdependent issues related to the Women Peace and Security (WPS) global agenda. The first introductory overview of the WPS agenda as articulated in multiple national and international resolutions statements and initiatives the book provides a link between the general public and security practitioners to an important but still largely unknown set of global objectives regarding gender equality and long - term peace and stability. Within the context of the changing nature of warfare and through consideration of empirical evidence the volume examines the definitions theoretical underpinnings and methodological challenges associated with WPS. It then discusses with more specificity violence against women women civilians in war the role of women in peacemaking women in the military and in development and women politicians. The book concludes with a look to the future and number of action items from the macro to the micro level. While challenges and opportunities related to the WPS agenda are global US policy action and inaction related to WPS and gender equality are provided as examples of what politically needs to be done has been done and obstacles to WPS furtherance potentially to be encountered by all countries. This book will be of much interest to students of peace studies security studies gender studies and IR.
Title: Women Peace And Security An Introduction
Author(s): Johnson - Freese Joan (Us Naval War College Usa)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138344051
Pages: 274 Pages, 2 Line Drawings, Black And White; 2 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 11/22/2018
Category: Armed Conflict