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Women as agents of political violence: Gendering security
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UNSPECIFIED (2004) Women as agents of political violence: Gendering security. SECURITY DIALOGUE, 35 (4). pp. 447-463. doi:10.1177/0967010604049522 ISSN 0967-0106.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0967010604049522
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 | ||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JZ International relations | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | SECURITY DIALOGUE | ||||
Publisher: | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD | ||||
ISSN: | 0967-0106 | ||||
Official Date: | December 2004 | ||||
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Volume: | 35 | ||||
Number: | 4 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 17 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 447-463 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0967010604049522 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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