ABSTRACT
This collection of essays by feminist scholar-activists addresses the crucial problem of human security in a world of heavily armed, militarized states. It describes the gendered aspects of human security excluded from the realist militarism that dominates current security policy in most nation states. The book deepens and broadens current security discourses, encouraging serious consideration of alternatives to the present global security system that functions to advantage state security over human security, a system the contributors perceive to be rooted in the patriarchal nature of the nation state.
This second edition will be of interest to academics and students of gender studies, women’s studies, international studies, development studies, human rights, security studies, peace studies and peace education.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|78 pages
Confronting the militarized state security paradigm
chapter 1|30 pages
Women and human security
part II|106 pages
Patriarchal conditioning to violence and human insecurity
chapter 4|23 pages
Challenging the patriarchal national security paradigm
chapter 6|33 pages
Sexual violence and genocide, the greatest violation of human security
part III|85 pages
Militarization/demilitarization
chapter 8|31 pages
Seeking human security in a militarized Pacific
part IV|135 pages
Alternative and transitional approaches to human security