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Cockburn, Cynthia (2010) Gender relations as causal in militarization and war. International Feminist Journal of Politics, Vol.12 (No.2). pp. 139-157. doi:10.1080/14616741003665169 ISSN 1461-6742.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616741003665169
Abstract
Based on empirical research among women's antiwar organizations worldwide, the article derives a feminist oppositional standpoint on militarization and war. From this standpoint, patriarchal gender relations are seen to be intersectional with economic and ethno-national power relations in perpetuating a tendency to armed conflict in human societies. The feminism generated in antiwar activism tends to be holistic, and understands gender in patriarchy as a relation of power underpinned by coercion and violence. The cultural features of militarization and war readily perceived by women positioned in or close to armed conflict, and their sense of war as systemic and as a continuum, make its gendered nature visible. There are implications in this perspective for antiwar movements. If gender relations are one of the root causes of war, a feminist programme of gender transformation is a necessary component of the pursuit of peace.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology > Centre for the Study of Women and Gender | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | International Feminist Journal of Politics | ||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
ISSN: | 1461-6742 | ||||
Official Date: | May 2010 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.12 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 19 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 139-157 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/14616741003665169 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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