Engendering Human Security
Feminist Perspectives
Published on 15. January 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-84277-779-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents a variety of feminist perspectives on human security under globalisation. Looking at gender as a multifaceted power domain, and human security as a policy framework, it explores the configuration of the state, power/knowledge systems and the implications for people living with deprivation and social exclusion. It offers new forms of analysis to expose the gendered character of global transformation and the explicit and implicit threats to human security in different places. The contributors explore the gendered implications of transnational processes such as conflict, international migration, human trafficking, the changing boundaries of work and care, environmental degradation, neo-conservatism and body politics. They challenge conventional approaches to politics and economics and suggest alternative ways of framing strategies and policies.
A key thematic area concerns the intersection between gender - as a domain of power - and human security as a new policy framework. The contributions in this book present an integration of a feminist materialist analysis of gender relations with a feminist post-modern approach to gender representation and cultural construction. A combination of the two approaches links culture with politics and economics, and integrates analysis of class, ethnicity and other dimensions of gender identity.
A key thematic area concerns the intersection between gender - as a domain of power - and human security as a new policy framework. The contributions in this book present an integration of a feminist materialist analysis of gender relations with a feminist post-modern approach to gender representation and cultural construction. A combination of the two approaches links culture with politics and economics, and integrates analysis of class, ethnicity and other dimensions of gender identity.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Index, Bibliography, Notes
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84277-779-4 (9781842777794)
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Persons
Dr. Thanh-Dam Truong is Associate Professor in Women, Gender and Development Studies at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands.
Dr. Saskia Wieringa is director of the International Information Center and Archives for the Women's Movement in Amsterdam and also an affiliated senior researcher at the University of Amsterdam.
Dr. Amrita Chhachhi is Lecturer in the Women, Gender and Development Studies at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands.
Dr. Saskia Wieringa is director of the International Information Center and Archives for the Women's Movement in Amsterdam and also an affiliated senior researcher at the University of Amsterdam.
Dr. Amrita Chhachhi is Lecturer in the Women, Gender and Development Studies at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands.
Content
Introduction: Gender Questions in the Human Security Framework - Thanum-Dam Truong, Saskia Wieringa, Amrita Chhachhi
Part I: Human Security, Gender and the Body
1. Gendering Transitional Justice: Experiences of Women in Sri Lanka and Timor - Leste in Seeking Affirmation and Rights - Sunila Abeysekera
2. Reproductive Rights and Gender Justice in the Neo-Conservative Shadow - Gita Sen
3. Gender Power Dynamics in Jamaica's Ghetto Trap: Southside - Imani M. Tafari-Ama
4. The New Regulation of Prostitution in the Netherlands - Joyce Outshoorn
Part II: Human Security, Work and Care
5. Combating Trafficking in Women and Children: A Gender and Human Rights Framework - Noeleen Heyzer
6. The Politics and Culture of Care: Some Issues in the Netherlands - Carla Risseeuw
7. The Globalisation of Domestic Care Services - Rachel Kurian
8. From State Duty to Women's Virtue: Care under Liberalisation in Vietnam - Thandi-Dam Truong
Part III: Human Security: Prospects for Feminist Engagements
9. Globalisation, Social Movements and Feminism: Coming Together at the World Social Forum - Virginia Vargas
10. Measuring Women's Empowerment: Developing a Global Tool - Saskia Wieringa
11. Eroding Citizenship: Gender, Labour and Liberalisation in India - Amrita Chhachhi
12. The Plasticity of Gender in Social Policy Formation - Patricia Mohammed
13. Engendering Science and Interdisciplinary Environmental Research for Environmental Security: The Case of the Nariva Swamp - Rhoda Reddock
Contributors
Part I: Human Security, Gender and the Body
1. Gendering Transitional Justice: Experiences of Women in Sri Lanka and Timor - Leste in Seeking Affirmation and Rights - Sunila Abeysekera
2. Reproductive Rights and Gender Justice in the Neo-Conservative Shadow - Gita Sen
3. Gender Power Dynamics in Jamaica's Ghetto Trap: Southside - Imani M. Tafari-Ama
4. The New Regulation of Prostitution in the Netherlands - Joyce Outshoorn
Part II: Human Security, Work and Care
5. Combating Trafficking in Women and Children: A Gender and Human Rights Framework - Noeleen Heyzer
6. The Politics and Culture of Care: Some Issues in the Netherlands - Carla Risseeuw
7. The Globalisation of Domestic Care Services - Rachel Kurian
8. From State Duty to Women's Virtue: Care under Liberalisation in Vietnam - Thandi-Dam Truong
Part III: Human Security: Prospects for Feminist Engagements
9. Globalisation, Social Movements and Feminism: Coming Together at the World Social Forum - Virginia Vargas
10. Measuring Women's Empowerment: Developing a Global Tool - Saskia Wieringa
11. Eroding Citizenship: Gender, Labour and Liberalisation in India - Amrita Chhachhi
12. The Plasticity of Gender in Social Policy Formation - Patricia Mohammed
13. Engendering Science and Interdisciplinary Environmental Research for Environmental Security: The Case of the Nariva Swamp - Rhoda Reddock
Contributors