Research Catalog

Title

Women's perspectives on human security : violence, environment, and sustainability / edited by Richard A. Matthew, Patricia A. Weitsman, Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Nora Davis, and Tera Dornfeld.

Publication

• Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2020.
• ©2020

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Matthew, Richard A., 1959-
• Weitsman, Patricia A.
• Hoogensen Gjørv, Gunhild, 1966-
• Davis, Nora, 1982-
• Dornfeld, Tera, 1985-

Description

vii, 310 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"Women's security is a valuable analytical tool as well as a political agenda insofar as it addresses the specific problems affecting women's ability to live dignified, free, and secure lives. First, this collection focuses on how conflict impacts women's lives and well-being, including rape and gendered constructions of ethnicity, race, and religion. The book's second section looks beyond the scope of large-scale violence to examine human security in terms of environmental policy, food, water, and health, and economics. Multidisciplinary in scope, these essays from new and established contributors draw from gender studies, international relations, criminology, political science, economics, sociology, biological and ecological sciences, and planning"--

Series Statement

Series in human security

Uniform Title

Series in human security.

Subject

• Women and human security
• Women > Violence against > Prevention
• Women and the environment
• Women and peace
• Women in war

Genre/Form

Informational works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Women's voices : perspectives on violence, environmental threats, and human security / Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv,Richard A. Matthew, Tera Dornfeld, Patricia A. Weitsman -- Women, war, and identity : policies of mass rape in Bosnia and Rwanda / Patricia A. Weitsman -- Women and human security : women, small arms, and light weapons / Rachel Stohl -- Feminism, rape, and war : engendering suicide terror? / Mia Bloom -- Women, human security, and countering violent extremism / Joana Cook -- The challenges for gender awareness in civil-military operations / Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv -- Fieldwork in the land of savages, victims, and saviors : lessons from the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo / Holly Dunn -- The Tehri Dam Project in India : impact on women's household food and economic security / Vandana Asthana -- Reimagining citizen science for women's human security : shifting power with critical pedagogy and feminist perspectives / Tera Dornfeld and Nina M. Flores -- Women building sustainable communities : Comondú, Baja California Sur, Mexico / Martha Adriana Márquez-Salaices and Manuel Ángeles -- Women and financial inclusion / Elissa McCarter LaBorde -- Reflections and looking ahead / Richard A. Matthew, Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Nora Davis, and Tera Dornfeld.

Call Number

JFE 21-606

ISBN

• 9780821424278
• 0821424270
• 9780821446997 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2020027057

OCLC

1162344861

Title

Women's perspectives on human security : violence, environment, and sustainability / edited by Richard A. Matthew, Patricia A. Weitsman, Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Nora Davis, and Tera Dornfeld.

Publisher

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2020.

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Series in human security

Series in human security.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Matthew, Richard A., 1959- editor.

Weitsman, Patricia A., editor.

Hoogensen Gjørv, Gunhild, 1966- editor.

Davis, Nora, 1982- editor.

Dornfeld, Tera, 1985- editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Women's perspectives on human security Athens : Ohio University Press, 2020. 9780821446997 (DLC) 2020027058

Research Call Number

JFE 21-606