Women in Peace Politics

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-7619-3570-4
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, 364 Seiten, Gewicht: 383 g

Reihe: South Asian Peace Studies series

Women in Peace Politics explores the role of women as agents and visionaries of peace in South Asia. Peace is redefined to include in its fold the attempt by women to be a part of the peace making process, reworking the structural inequalities faced by them and their struggle against all forms of oppression.

This volume, the third in the series of the South Asia Peace Studies, deals with the myriad dimensions of peace as practised by South Asian women over a period of time. It chronicles the lives of "ordinary" women—their transformative role in peace and an attempt to create a space of their own. Their peace activism is examined in the historical context of their participation in national liberation movements since the early twentieth century. The articles in the collection adopt a new approach to understanding peace—as a desire to end repression that cuts across caste, class, race and gender and an effort on the part of women to transform their position in society.

This compilation would interest a wide readership besides students and scholars of human rights, peace and security studies, politics and international relations.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Banerjee, Paula

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Note
Preface
I. IDEAS & IDEOLOGIES: Introduction - Samir Kumar Das

Shefali - Ranabir Samaddar
Security, Gender and Conflict Prevention: Perceptions from South Asia - Sumona Dasgupta

Ethnicity and Democracy Meet When Mothers Protest - Samir Kumar Das

Afterword - Stree Shakti Sanghatana

Islam, Feminism and the Women's Movement in Pakistan: 1981-1991 - Fauzia Gardezi

Women, Nationalism and War: "Make Love Not War" - Rada Ivecovic

II. MOVEMENTS: Introduction - Kalpana Kannabiran

Women in Sri Lankan Peace Politics - Saro Thiruppathy and Nirekha De Silva

Motherhood as a Space of Protest: Women's Political Participation in Contemporary Sri Lanka - Malathi De Alwis

Negotiating Peace: Feminist Reflections - Kalpana Kannabiran, Volga and Vasantha Kannabiran

The Space Between: Women's Negotiations with Democracy - Paula Banerjee
Minorities, Women and Peace: A South Asian Perspective - Meghna Guhathakurta

III. VOICES: Introduction - Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal

Shed No More Blood: Mothers for Peace
WAF to Continue Protest Against Discriminatory Laws
The Way of the World - Josiane Racine and Jean Luc Racine

Chadur Aur Diwari - Fehmida Riyaz

Drawing Lines, Erasing Lines: Feminism as a Resource in Opposing Xenophobia and Separatism - Cynthia Cockburn

In Conversation with Dr Hanan Ashrawi - Aditi Bhaduri

Further Readings on Themes in Peace Studies
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Banerjee, Paula
Paula Banerjee specializes in issues of border and borderlands in South Asia. She has published extensively on issues of gender, forced migration and peace politics. Her recent publications include a volume entitled Borders, Histories, Existences: Gender and Beyond (2010). S he has edited a volume entitled Women in Peace Politics (2008) and co-edited books on Internal Displacement in South Asia (2005), Autonomy beyond Kant and Hermeneutics (2007) and Marginalities and Justice (2009). S he has been working on themes related to women, borders and democracy in South Asia, and has published extensively in journals such as International Studies and Canadian Women’s Studies on issues such as histories of borders and women in conflict situations. S he was the former Head of the Department in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Calcutta, and is currently Associate Professor in the same Department. She is also the Vice President of International Association for Study of Forced Migration.