Why Women Rebel

Understanding Women's Participation in Armed Rebel Groups
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-22152-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 147 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 240 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Gender and Global Politics

Why Women Rebel presents a global analysis of the extent to which women are engaged in armed, organized rebellions, and why they choose to join such rebellions. Henshaw has collected and analyzed data on women’s participation in over 70 post-Cold War rebel groups. The book provides a theoretical analysis drawing upon both mainstream literature in the social sciences and critical, feminist inquiry on women and political violence to offer a new gendered theory on why women rebel.

The book reveals that women are active in over half of all rebel groups sampled and that, while the majority of rebel groups have women serving in support roles away from direct combat, approximately a third of these groups employ women in the conduct of armed attacks, and just over a quarter have women in a leadership capacity. Henshaw reaffirms the idea that women are more likely to be engaged in left-wing political organizations, but does suggest that more conservative or traditional movements may also successfully incorporate women by appealing to concerns about community rights.

Addressing several gaps in the current literature on this topic, this book will be of interest to academics in the fields of political science, international relations, security studies, and gender and women’s studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Henshaw, Alexis Leanna

Henshaw, Alexis

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, Bewaffnete Konflikte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview

Chapter 2. A Combatant by Any Other Name: Assessing What Women Do in War

Chapter 3. Comparing Mainstream and Feminist Theories on Rebellion

Chapter 4. Where Women Rebel: A Cross-National Analysis of Women’s Participation in Armed Rebel Groups

Chapter 5. Why Women Rebel: An Analysis of Women’s Participation in Rank-and-File Roles

Chapter 6. Where Women Lead: Gender and Leadership in Armed Rebel Groups

Chapter 7. Summary and Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Alexis Leanna Henshaw is Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Miami University, USA. Her research focuses on topics related to women, sexuality, and security.