Gender and Global Politics in the Asia-Pacific

by B. D'Costa, K. Lee-Koo

Overview

This book demonstrates the integral nature of gendered issues and feminist frameworks for a comprehensive understanding of contemporary IR bringing together the work of feminist scholars, teachers and activists into a coherent and accessible collection.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349376735
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	01/08/2009
Edition description:	1st ed. 2009
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x (d)

About the Author

BINA D'COSTA and KATRINA LEE-KOO are both Lecturers in International Relations at the Australian National University.

Table of Contents

Preface: How Jindy Pettman Redrew My Mental Map; C.Enloe PART I: 'LIVING IN THE MARGINS': GENDERING THE GLOBAL Critical Feminist International Relations in the Asia-Pacific; B.D'Costa  & K.Lee-Koo 'Worlding Women' in International Law; H.Charlesworth Gendered Economies in the Asia-Pacific; V.Spike Peterson PART II: GENDERING GLOBAL POLITICS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC The KITSCH of War: Misappropriating Sun Tzu for an American Imperial Hypermasculinity; C.C.Hwang  & L.H.M.Ling When the UN 'Succeeds': The Case of Cambodia; S.Whitworth Feminizing Global Governance; S.Rai PART III: 'WORLDING WOMEN': CONFRONTING GENDERED POLITICS IN ASIA Confessions of a Failed Feminist IR Scholar: Feminist Methodologies in Practice in Peshawar; A.McNevin One Woman's Everyday Resistance: An Empowering yet Cautionary Tale from Vietnam; K.Huynh Women's Engagement with Islam in South and South-East Asia; S.Hussein PART IV: LINKING LOCAL WITH GLOBAL: FEMINIST ACTION AND ACTIVISM IN THE PACIFIC Gender Mainstreaming ina Post-Conflict State: Toward Democratic Peace in Timor Leste?; N.Hall  & J.True Shifting Terrains of Transnational Engagement: Women's Organizing in Fiji; N.George Re-claiming Pacific Island Regionalism: Does Neo-liberalism Have to Reign?; C.Slatter  & Y.Underhill-Sem Conclusion A Feminist Politics of Region? Reflecting and Re-visioning IR from Asia and the Pacific; J.Pettman Afterword; J.A.Tickner

Editorial Reviews

"This volume is an exciting tribute to the intellectual contribution of Jan Jindy Pettman who has beena path-breaker in feminist international relations theory. It brings together many of the key first and second generation feminist thinkers on international relations around cutting edge approaches to gendering global politics in Asia and the Pacific." - Greg Fry, Hedley Bull Fellow, Department of International Relations, Australian National University

"This is an excellent example of the contemporary range of international feminist scholarship. An inspired and inspirational book - it would be a valuable addition to both feminist IR reading lists as well as mainstream ones. Reading gender through and in global politics, this book tells us a great deal about the powerful, intricate and intimate workings of contemporary global politics." - Marysia Zalewski, Reader in Gender Studies, University of Aberdeen

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