Gender and global politics in the Asia-Pacific

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    • D'Costa, Bina
    • Lee-Koo, Katrina

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Gender and global politics in the Asia-Pacific

edited by Bina D'Costa and Katrina Lee-Koo

Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Contents of Works

  • Preface : how Jindy Pettman redraw my mental map / Cynthia Enloe
  • Critical feminist international relations in the Asia-Pacific / Bina D'Costa and Katrina Lee-Koo
  • "Worlding women" in international law / Hilary Charlesworth
  • Gendered economies in the Asia-Pacific / V. Spike Peterson
  • The "Kitsch" of war : misappropriating Sun Tzu for an American imperial hypermasculinity / Ching-Chane Hwang and L.H.M. Ling
  • When the UN "succeeds" : the case of Cambodia / Sandra Whitworth
  • Feminizing global governance / Shirin Rai
  • Confessions of a failed feminist IR scholar : feminist methodologies in practice in Peshawar / Anne McNevin
  • One woman's everyday resistance : an empowering, yet cautionary, tale from Vietnam / Kim Huynh
  • Women's engagement with Islam in South and South-East Asia / Shakira Hussein
  • Gender mainstreaming in a post-conflict state : toward democratic peace in Timor Leste? / Nina Hall and Jacqui True
  • Shifting terrains of transnational engagement : women's organizing in Fiji / Nicole George
  • Re-claiming Pacific Island regionalism : does neo-liberalism have to reign? / Claire Slatter and Yvonne Underhill-Sem
  • A feminist politics of region? : reflecting and re-visioning IR from Asia and the Pacific / Jindy Pettman
  • Afterword / J. Ann Tickner

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

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 in a 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

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