Gender in International Relations: Feminist Perspectives on Achieving Global Security

by J. Ann Tickner

Overview

Gender in International Relations extends and applies a variety of contemporary feminist perspectives to the phenomenon of international relations.
Demonstrating how a feminist perspective changes and expands our view of the global system, Tickner explores the ways in which the world economy has differentially rewarded men and women and reexamines the gender implications of modern mankind's domination over nature.
Tickner's review of gender differences in political, military, economic, and ecological relations offers a new view of the insecurities faced by women and men in world politics. Her feminist reconceptualization of security recasts recent theoretical efforts in international relations to construct more adequate security arrangements, both comprehensive and common.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231075398
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	11/04/1993
Series:	New Directions in World Politics
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	180
Sales rank:	614,780
Product dimensions:	5.82(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.53(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

J. Ann Tickner is professor of international relations at the University of Southern California.

What People are Saying About This

Susan Moller Okin

Tickner--an established scholar in international relations and a well-informed and thoughtful feminist--rethinks from a feminist point of view virtually every conventional category used by theorists and practictioners of international relations: the state, the international system, security, rationalism, citizenship, and more.

— Susan Moller Okin, Stanford University

Editorial Reviews

Tickner's book provides ways to begin to frame discomfort with this narrowly gender-conceived and yet oddly self-satisfied field of [international relations]. It features the new and the bold and the uninvestigated. It provides alternative points of departure for theory and impresses us with the amount of work feminist scholars have already done to clear the brush. Of utmost value, it tells of the many ways the field...needs feminist thinking to get its knowledge and priorities straight.

Christine Sylvester

Tickner's stimulating challenge can be disputed, but it is too well considered and thoughtful to ignore. Gender in International Relations is likely to begin a productive debate involving international relations scholars, feminist thinkers, and others concerned about security in the most inclusive sense.

Robert O. Keohane

Tickner—an established scholar in international relations and a well-informed and thoughtful feminist—rethinks from a feminist point of view virtually every conventional category used by theorists and practictioners of international relations: the state, the international system, security, rationalism, citizenship, and more.

Susan Moller Okin

A particularly accessible, and, therefore, especially welcome introduction to international relations (IR generally and the meaning of global security specifically) when examined through a gender-sensitive lens. . . . for all who seek new ways to think about and understand world politics.

Political Science Quarterly

Applies a variety of contemporary feminist perspectives to the phenomenon of international relations; presents constructive criticism of realist, neorealist, liberal, and Marxist theories; shows how the entire landscape changes when gender is added to the picture; and explores such issues as the environment and the different benefits of the world economy for men and women. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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