Critical Feminist Justpeace: Grounding Theory in Grassroots Praxis

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Karie Cross Riddle (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Pepperdine University)

Critical Feminist Justpeace

Grounding Theory in Grassroots Praxis

Karie Cross Riddle (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Pepperdine University)

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English

Oxford University Press Inc
05 March 2025

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Gender studies: women; Politics & government; Warfare & defence

Series: Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations

In 2020, feminist scholars and activists celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations' Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, a landmark achievement that mainstreams gendered concerns into international peace and security. Yet despite its successes, no international agenda can comprehensively address all sources of violence that women face, and the WPS community remains divided on important issues regarding implementation and substance. In Critical Feminist Justpeace, Karie Cross Riddle presents an intersectional revision to conflict transformation, arguing that we need complementary theories and practices of gender-conscious peacebuilding for regions and conflicts that the WPS agenda cannot reach. Riddle draws on fieldwork and conversations with women peacebuilders in Manipur, India, where an intractable, low-intensity armed conflict has troubled the region for over six decades. India refuses to legally acknowledge the conflict, and thus bars international and humanitarian actors from entry. This renders the conflict ineligible for WPS intervention. The case of Manipur poses an important question: under what conditions should transnational feminists employ the WPS agenda--benefitting from its formal, international legitimacy--and under what conditions should they seek alternative paths to peace?

Critical Feminist Justpeace makes the case that we need norms and processes for feminist peacebuilding that can flexibly respond to the particularities of national and local politics and social context. To advocate for contextually-sensitive peacebuilding driven by local actors, Riddle introduces a novel theory--critical feminist justpeace--that provides an intersectional orientation towards conflict transformation. Its aim is to reduce structural power hierarchies and violence, increase equitable justice outcomes across public and private life, and target historically marginalized participants. Original and insightful, Riddle's theoretical framework serves as a flexible guide for women's local peacebuilding work.

By: Karie Cross Riddle (Assistant Professor of Political Science Assistant Professor of Political Science Pepperdine University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 207mm, Width: 206mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 549g
ISBN: 9780197786581
ISBN 10: 0197786588
Series: Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 05 March 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Introduction: The Ethos of Critique Chapter 1: Reform or Revolution? Applying the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda Chapter 2: Armed Conflict and Structural Violence in Manipur Chapter 3: Critical Feminist Methodology Chapter 4: Critical Feminist Analysis of Women's Peacebuilding Praxis in Manipur Chapter 5: Critical Feminist Justpeace in Manipur Conclusion: The Ethos of Reconstruction References Index

Karie Cross Riddle is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Pepperdine University. Her research traces themes related to women's theories and practices in the areas of peace and development, and she teaches courses on feminism, international ethics, human rights, and South Asian politics. Her work has been published in Hypatia, International Feminist Journal of Politics, and Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, among others.

Reviews for Critical Feminist Justpeace: Grounding Theory in Grassroots Praxis

This is a volume with great promise that should be part of not just the discourse on women's peacemaking but also on a gendered view of post-colonial theory itself. I endorse this work with much pleasure and hope. This is the direction that feminist geopolitics should aspire to take. * Paula Banerjee, IDRC Endowed Chair on Gender and Forced Displacement, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok *