Gender Roles in Peace and Security: Prevent, Protect, Participate - Softcover

 
9783030218928: Gender Roles in Peace and Security: Prevent, Protect, Participate
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3030218929 ISBN 13: 9783030218928
Publisher: Springer, 2020

Synopsis

This volume examines the specific gender roles in peace and security. The authors analyse the implementation process of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 in various countries and discuss systemic challenges concerning the Women, Peace and Security agenda. Through in-depth case studies, the authors shed new light on topics such as the gender-related mechanisms of peace processes, gender training practices for police personnel, and the importance of violence prevention. The volume studies the role of women in peace and security as well as questions of gender mainstreaming by adopting various theoretical concepts, including feminist theories, concepts of masculinity, organizational and security studies. It also highlights regional and transnational approaches for the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda, namely the perspectives of the European Union, NATO, the UN bureaucracy and the civil society. It presents best cases and political advice for tackling theproblem of gender inequality in peace and security.


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About the Author

Manuela Scheuermann is a Post-Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg. Previously she was an Interim Professor for International Organisations at the Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena. Her research focuses on international organisations (especially the United Nations), inter-organisational relations, peacekeeping and gender norms. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of International Organizations Studies and wrote the handbook Die Vereinten Nationen. Eine Einführung.

Anja Zürn is research associate and lecturer with the Jean Monnet Chair, Department of European Studies and International Relations at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg. In her research, she focuses on gender in International Relations, international climate change policy and poststructuralist approaches to International Relations.


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This volume examines the specific gender roles in peace and security. The authors analyse the implementation process of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 in various countries and discuss systemic challenges concerning the Women, Peace and Security agenda. Through in-depth case studies, the authors shed new light on topics such as the gender-related mechanisms of peace processes, gender training practices for police personnel, and the importance of violence prevention. The volume studies the role of women in peace and security as well as questions of gender mainstreaming by adopting various theoretical concepts, including feminist theories, concepts of masculinity, organizational and security studies. It also highlights regional and transnational approaches for the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda, namely the perspectives of the European Union, NATO, the UN bureaucracy and the civil society. It presents best cases and political advice for tackling theproblem of gender inequality in peace and security.


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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3030218929
ISBN 13 
9783030218928
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
227
Editor
Scheuermann Manuela, Zürn Anja

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