Digital Frontiers in Gender and Security: Bringing Critical Perspectives Online

by Alexis Henshaw

Overview

Exploring the digital frontiers of feminist international relations, this book investigates how gender can be mainstreamed into discourse about technology and security.

With a focus on big data, communications technology, social media, cryptocurrency and decentralized finance, the book explores the ways in which technology presents sites for gender-based violence. Crucially, it examines potential avenues for resistance at these sites, especially regarding the actions of major tech companies, surveillance by repressive governments and attempts to use the Global South as a laboratory for new interventions.

The book draws valuable insights that will be essential to researchers in international relations, security studies and feminist security studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529226270
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	04/25/2023
Series:	Gender, Sexuality and Global Politics
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alexis Henshaw is Assistant Professor in Political Science at Troy University.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

Part 1: Conceptualizing Inequality and Insecurity in the Digital Age

2. Big Data and the Security of Women: Where We Are and Where We Could Be Going

3. Addressing the Digital Gender Gap

Part 2: Social Media, Surveillance, and Gender-Based Violence Online

4. Extremism and Gender-Based Violence Online

5. Technological Surveillance, States, and Gendered Insecurity

Part 3: Futures of Technology, Gender, and Security

6. Resistance, Resilience, and Innovation

7. Cryptocurrency, Decentralized Finance, and Blockchain: Gender Issues in Political Economy and Security

8. Conclusion

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“This is an incisive and important study that demonstrates the specific threats that women and minorities face in cyberspace. Henshaw raises our awareness beyond what is routine knowledge about the darker side of the net, giving the feminist and international relations community serious food for thought and raising future research questions.” Caron E. Gentry, Northumbria University

Editorial Reviews

"Henshaw’s Digital Frontiers in Gender and Security offers a comprehensive analysis of the role of digital technologies in promoting gender security, while also providing

a nuanced exploration of the potential benefits and challenges of digital technologies in the context of gender-based violence." International Affairs

“This is an incisive and important study that demonstrates the specific threats that women and minorities face in cyberspace. Henshaw raises our awareness beyond what is routine knowledge about the darker side of the net, giving the feminist and international relations community serious food for thought and raising future research questions.” Caron E. Gentry, Northumbria University

From the Publisher