International Security and Gender

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What does it mean to be secure? In the global news, we hear stories daily about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, about domestic-level conflicts around the world, about the challenges of cybersecurity and social security. This broad list highlights the fact that security is an idea with multiple meanings, but do we all experience security issues in the same way? In this book, Nicole Detraz explores the broad terrain of security studies through a gender lens. Assumptions about masculinity and femininity play important roles in how we understand and react to security threats. By examining issues of militarization, peacekeeping, terrorism, human security, and environmental security, the book considers how the gender-security nexus pushes us to ask different questions and broaden our sphere of analysis. Including gender in our analysis of security challenges the primacy of some traditional security concepts and shifts the focus to be more inclusive. Without a full understanding of the vulnerabilities and threats associated with security, we may miss opportunities to address pressing global problems. Our society often expects men and women to play different roles, and this is no less true in the realm of security. This book demonstrates that security debates exhibit gendered understandings of key concepts, and whilst these gendered assumptions may benefit specific people, they are often detrimental to others, particularly in the key realm of policy-making.

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Winner of the Choice award for Outstanding AcademicTitle "Through a vast review of the security literature, Detraz makes anexcellent case for the greater understanding and incorporation ofgender in security studies." LSE Review of Books "An essential read for every IR and feminist scholar and studentseeking deeper understandings of current events in thefield." Central European Journal of International and SecurityStudies "Should be a key text for students of security studies. It is alsoa powerful introduction for gender scholars to understand howsecurity discourses not only use, but also create, particularconstructions of gender." Feminist & Women's Studies Association Blog "International Security and Gender is a complex and criticaloverview of the field of gender and security, which familiarizesreaders with the field in a fair and even-handed manner andprovides forward-looking challenges to the field's researchagendas." Laura Sjoberg, University of Florida "Nicole Detraz's book presents a comprehensive andwell-written introduction to what it means to approachinternational security through gendered lenses. A highly valuablecontribution to the current security debate, it shows persuasivelythe central place of gender. Convincingly, it argues that securitystudies miss something crucial when gender remains invisible indebates on militarization, peacebuilding, terrorism, as well ashuman, environmental, and climate security. It urges students toenlarge the scope of security and question key concepts,while also suggesting ways toward change andemancipation." Annica Kronsell, Lund University "In an essential contribution to the growing field of feministsecurity studies, Detraz shows impeccably how asking feministquestions about a range of security issues leads us to understandthe gendered aspects of vulnerabilities and threats, ultimatelyhelping to formulate reflexive, rather than simplistic, policies tobring about human emancipation." Catia Cecilia Confortini, Wellesley College
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