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What does gender analysis reveal about the causes and dynamics of war and peace? In this module we begin by exploring and criticising some basic gendered assumptions – such as that war is the business of men and peace that of women. Instead, we challenge these dichotomies by examining issues such as the complicated relationship between the social construction of masculinity and soldiering and the challenge posed to militaries by the inclusion of women in their ranks. We ask why peace processes have generally excluded women and what the consequences of that are for the sustainability of peace, while at the same time querying the assumption that ‘women’ as an essentialized group have particular skills to bring to the peace table. Through these debates we examine the ways in which war and peace are gendered experiences which also shape our understanding of what it is to be a gendered person
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On successful completion of the module students should be able to:
– Understand the foundational and ongoing debates in Gender Studies concerning sex and gender, femininity and masculinity, gender and difference and be able engage in discussion of these.
– Comprehend and enter into arguments made concerning the gendered nature of war, the perpetration of gender-based violence, the relationships between masculinity and violence/femininity and peace and the necessity of the inclusion of gender concerns in peacebuilding.
– Demonstrate knowledge of key international political and legal developments in this area such as UNSC Resolution 1325 and international tribunals.
– Show a familiarity with the literature in this field and engage in informed discussion of it.
– Present persuasive written work with analytic arguments based on evidence, reading and reason.
MSc level
Davies, S. and True, J. (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace and Security Oxford University Press, 2019.
Duncanson C. Gender and Peacebuilding Polity Press, Cambridge, 2016
Gentry, C., Shepherd, L. and Sjoberg, L. (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Security, London: Routledge, 2019.
Leatherman J. (et al) Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict (WCMW – War and Conflict in the Modern World), Polity Press, 2011.
Ní Aoláin, F., Cahn, N., Haynes, D. F. and Valji, N. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Conflict, Oxford University Press, 2018.
Sharoni, S., Welland, J., Steiner, L., and Pedersen, J. Handbook on Gender and War, Edward Elgar, 2016.
Sjoberg, L. Gendering Global Conflict: Towards Feminist Theory of War Columbia UP, 2013.
Sjoberg, L. Gender, War and Conflict Polity Press, 2014
Väyrynen, T., Parashar, S., Féron, E. and Confortini, C. Routledge Handbook of Feminist Peace Research, Routledge, 2020
Whitworth, S. Men, Militarism and UN Peacekeeping, Lynne Reinner, 2007.
Gender
Ashe, F. The New Politics of Masculinity, Routledge, 2007.
Bradley, H. Gender, (2nd edition) Polity Press, Cambridge, 2013.
Connell, R. Gender in World Perspective, (4th Edition) Polity Press, 2020.
Connell R.W. Masculinities (2nd edition) Polity Press, Cambridge, 2020.
Evans, M. and Williams, C. Gender: The Key Concepts, Routledge, 2013.
Hughes, C. Researching Gender, Sage, 2013.
Kimmel M. The Gendered Society and The Gendered Society Reader, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000 (2nd edition 2006).
Kimmel M and Messner M. Men’s Lives, Pearson, 2013
Launius, C. and Hassel, H. Threshold Concepts in Women’s and Gender Studies (3rd edition), Routledge, 2020
Naples, N. Companion to Women’s and Gender Studies, Wiley, 2020
11 lectures and seminars
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