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Women as foreign policy leaders : national security and gender politics in superpower America

Title: Women as foreign policy leaders : national security and gender politics in superpower America / Sylvia Bashevkin.
Author: Bashevkin, Sylvia B.
Publication: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

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Description

xii, 266 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

This book is a comparative examination of women's presence in senior national security positions in the United States executive branch. It looks at four appointees in the United States since 1980: Jeane Kirkpatrick during the Reagan years, Madeleine Albright in the Clinton era, Condoleezza Rice during the George W. Bush presidency, and Hillary Rodham Clinton in the first Obama mandate. It explores the extent to which each of these women was able to fully participate in a domain long dominated by men, focusing in particular on the extent to which each shaped foreign policy in meaningful ways. The author looks particularly at two specific phenomena: first, the influence of female decision-makers,notably their ability to make measurable difference to the understanding and practice of national security policy; and second, leaders' actions with respect to matters of war and women's rights. The track records of these four women reveal not just a consistent willingness to pursue muscular,aggressive approaches to international relations, but also widely divergent views about feminism.

Series Statement

Oxford studies in gender and international relations

Uniform Title

Oxford studies in gender and international relations.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Interpreting women, war, and feminism -- Hawk in the cold war twilight -- Taking charge of the new world disorder -- Pre-emption in the wake of 9/11 -- Women's security as national security -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JFE 19-592

ISBN

9780190875374
0190875372

LCCN

2017055645

OCLC

1019842478

Author

Bashevkin, Sylvia B., author.

Title

Women as foreign policy leaders : national security and gender politics in superpower America / Sylvia Bashevkin.

Publisher

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Oxford studies in gender and international relations

Oxford studies in gender and international relations.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

Since 1981

Other Form:

Online version: Bashevkin, Sylvia B. Women as foreign policy leaders. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018 9780190875381 (DLC) 2018000702

Research Call Number

JFE 19-592

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