UNSPECIFIED. (2004) Women as agents of political violence: Gendering security. SECURITY DIALOGUE, 35 (4). pp. 447-463. ISSN 0967-0106

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Abstract

This article challenges the idea that women are necessarily more peaceful than men by looking at examples of female combatants in ethno-nationalist military organizations in Sri Lanka and Northern Ireland. Anti-state, 'liberatory' nationalisms often provide more space (ideologically and practically) for women to participate as combatants than do institutionalized state or pro-state nationalisms, and this can be seen in the cases of the LTTE in Sri Lanka and the IRA in Northern Ireland when contrasted with loyalist paramilitaries; in Northern Ireland. However, the role of the female combatant is ambiguous and indicates a tension between different conceptualizations of societal security, where female combatants both fight against societal insecurity posed by the state and contribute to internal societal insecurity within their ethno-national groups.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations
Journal or Publication Title:	SECURITY DIALOGUE
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
ISSN:	0967-0106
Date:	December 2004
Volume:	35
Number:	4
Number of Pages:	17
Page Range:	pp. 447-463
Identification Number:	10.1177/0967010604049522
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/7585

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