Description
Two decades ago, V. Spike Peterson's Gendered States asked what difference gender makes in international relations and the construction of the sovereign state system. This book connects the earlier debates of Peterson's book with the gendered state today, one that exists within a globalized and increasingly securitized world. Bringing together an international group of contributors from the Global South, United States, Europe, and Australia, this volume answers three overarching questions. First, it answers whether the concept of a "gendered state" is generic or if some states are particularly gendered in their identities and interests, and with what implications for the type of citizenship, society, and international security. Second, it looks at the continued theoretical significance of the gendered state for current IR scholarship. And, finally, it explains to what extent postcolonial states are distinctive from metropolitan states with regard to gender. Including scholars from International Relations, Postcolonial Studies, and Development Studies, this volume collectively theorizes the modern state and its intricate relationship to security, identity politics, and gender.With a preface by V. Spike Peterson, this book aims to connect the earlier debates of Peterson's book with the gendered state today, one that exists within a globalized and increasingly securitized world. Bringing together an international group of contributors from the Global South, United States, Europe, and Australia, this volume will answer three overarching questions. First, it will answer whether the concept of a "gendered state" is generic or if some states are particularly gendered in their identities and interests, and with what implications for the type of citizenship, society, and international security. Second, it will look at the continued theoretical significance of the gendered state for current IR scholarship. And, finally, it will explain to what extent postcolonial states are distinctive from metropolitan states with regard to gender. Including scholars from International Relations, Postcolonial Studies, and Development Studies, this volume collectively theorizes the modern state and its intricate relationship to security, identity politics, and gender.
Table of Contents
Preface-V. Spike PetersonAbout the Contributors1. Introduction: Feminist Imaginings of 21st Century Gendered States-Swati Parashar, J. Ann Tickner, and Jacqui True2. Rethinking the State in International Relations: A Personal Reflection-J. Ann Tickner3. Bringing Back Gendered States: Feminist Second Image Theorizing of International Relations-Jacqui True4. Manly States and Feminist Foreign Policy: Revisiting the Liberal State as an Agent of Change-David Duriesmith5. Rescuing the State? Sovereignty, Identity, and the Gendered Re-articulation of the State-Christine Agius6. Gendered State Assemblages and Temporary Labor Migration: The Case of Sri Lanka-Samanthi J. Gunawardana7. Mother Russia in Queer Peril: The Gender Logic of the Hypermasculine State-Cai Wilkinson8. A Global South State's Challenge to Gendered Global Cultures of Peacekeeping-Lesley J. Pruitt9. The Gendered State and the Emergence of a Post-conflict, Post-disaster Semi-autonomous Form of State (Aceh, Indonesia)-Katrina Lee-Koo10. The Postcolonial/Emotional State: Mother India's Response to Her Deviant Maoist Children-Swati Parashar11. Violence and Gender Politics in Forming the Proto-State "Islamic State"-Katherine E. BrownAfterwards-Christine SylvesterReferencesIndex
