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This book presents a rich collection of Betty A. Reardon's writing on gender studies, sexism and the war system, and human security from a feminist perspective. Betty A. Reardon is a pioneer of gender studies who, as a feminist, identified the structural relationship between sexism and the war system and, as a scholar, a shift from national to human security. As a pioneer in contemporary theories on gender and peace, Betty A. Reardon has continually developed research on the integral relationship between patriarchy and war, and has been an outspoken advocate of gender issues as an essential aspect of peace studies, of problems of gender equity as the subject of peace research, and of gender experience as a crucial factor in defining and attaining human security. Her work evolved in the context of international women's movements for human rights, peace and the United Nations, and is widely drawn upon by activists and educators in order to introduce a gender perspective to peace studies and education and a peace perspective to women's studies.
List of contents
Women's Movements and Human Futures.- "Moving to the Future" and "Debating the Future".- A Gender Analysis of Militarism and Sexist Repression: A Suggested Research Agenda.- Introduction to the first edition, Sexism and the War System (1985) and Epilogue to second edition (1995).- Feminist Concepts of Peace and Security.- A Feminist Critique of An Agenda for Peace .- Gender and Peace: Toward a Gender Inclusive, Holistic Perspective.- Women and Human Security: A Feminist Framework and Critique of the Prevailing Patriarchal Security System.- A Statement on Military Violence against Women addressed to the 57 th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, March 4 -15 th , 2013.- Epilogue - Toward a Strategy for Transcending Patriarchy: Envisioning the Possible.
Summary
This book presents a rich collection of Betty A. Reardon’s writing on gender studies, sexism and the war system, and human security from a feminist perspective. Betty A. Reardon is a pioneer of gender studies who, as a feminist, identified the structural relationship between sexism and the war system and, as a scholar, a shift from national to human security. As a pioneer in contemporary theories on gender and peace, Betty A. Reardon has continually developed research on the integral relationship between patriarchy and war, and has been an outspoken advocate of gender issues as an essential aspect of peace studies, of problems of gender equity as the subject of peace research, and of gender experience as a crucial factor in defining and attaining human security. Her work evolved in the context of international women’s movements for human rights, peace and the United Nations, and is widely drawn upon by activists and educators in order to introduce a gender perspective to peace studies and education and a peace perspective to women’s studies.
