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Sex and World Peace

Sex and World Peace

by Chad F. EmmettValerie M. Hudson Mary Caprioli and others
Hardback
Age range: 22 to null Publication Date: 17/04/2012

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Sex and World Peace unsettles a variety of assumptions in political and security discourse, demonstrating that the security of women is a vital factor in the security of the state and its incidence of conflict and war.

The authors compare micro-level gender violence and macro-level state peacefulness in global settings, supporting their findings with detailed analyses and color maps. Harnessing an immense amount of data, they call attention to discrepancies between national laws protecting women and the enforcement of those laws, and they note the adverse effects on state security of abnormal sex ratios favoring males, the practice of polygamy, and inequitable realities in family law, among other gendered aggressions.

The authors find that the treatment of women informs human interaction at all levels of society. Their research challenges conventional definitions of security and democracy and shows that the treatment of gender, played out on the world stage, informs the true clash of civilizations. In terms of resolving these injustices, the authors examine top-down and bottom-up approaches to healing wounds of violence against women, as well as ways to rectify inequalities in family law and the lack of parity in decision-making councils. Emphasizing the importance of an R2PW, or state responsibility to protect women, they mount a solid campaign against women's systemic insecurity, which effectively unravels the security of all.
ISBN:
9780231131827
9780231131827
Category:
Peace studies & conflict resolution
Age range:
22 to null
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
17-04-2012
Language:
English
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
304
Dimensions (mm):
229x152x23mm
Weight:
0.57kg

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