Gender and Private Security in Global Politics

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Maya Eichler (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax)

Gender and Private Security in Global Politics

Maya Eichler (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax)

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English

Oxford University Press Inc
14 May 2015

Gender studies: women; International relations; Security services

Series: Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations

For two hundred years the provision of military security has been a central and defining function of the modern nation-state. The increasing reliance on private military and security companies in contemporary conflict marks a fundamental transformation in the organization of military violence, and it raises issues of accountability and ethics that are of particular concern to feminists. This privatization of force not only enables states to circumvent citizens' democratic control over questions of war and peace, but also undermines women's and minority groups' claims for greater inclusion in the military sphere. Gender and Private Security in Global Politics brings together key scholars from the fields of international relations, security studies, and gender studies to argue that privatization of military security is a deeply gendered process. The chapters employ a variety of feminist perspectives, including critical, postcolonial, poststructuralist, and queer feminist perspectives, as well as a wide range of methodological approaches including ethnography, participant-observation, genealogy, and discourse analysis. This is the first book to develop an extended feminist analysis of private militaries and to draw on feminist concerns regarding power, justice and equality to consider how to reform and regulate private forces.

Edited by: Maya Eichler (Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Mount Saint Vincent University Halifax)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 160mm, Width: 239mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 646g
ISBN: 9780199364374
ISBN 10: 0199364370
Series: Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations
Pages: 306
Publication Date: 14 May 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Maya Eichler is Canada Research Chair in Social Innovation and Community Engagement and Assistant Professor of Political Studies and Women's Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University.