Anti-Militarist Feminist Approaches to Researching Gender and the Military

Claire Duncanson

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-51677-0_3

Anti-Militarist Feminist Approaches to Researching Gender and the Military

Claire Duncanson

School of Social and Political Science

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Rather than accept at face value the assumption that militaries exist to protect the borders of states and the citizens within them, anti-militarist feminists see militaries as part of a system which threatens us all. As such, they are sceptical that the integration of women into militaries will challenge this war system. This chapter details the twin themes of much anti-militarist feminist research – militarism’s destructive power and militaries as misogynist institutions – and shows how they generate a feminist analysis of war as a system. It then examines the place of anti-militarist feminist scholarship on gender and the military today.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military
Editors	Rachel Woodward, Claire Duncanson
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	39-58
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-137-51677-0
ISBN (Print)	978-1-137-51676-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51677-0_3
Publication status	Published - 13 Jul 2017

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10.1057/978-1-137-51677-0_3

2 Chapter
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An Introduction to Gender and the Military
Woodward, R. & Duncanson, C., 13 Jul 2017, The Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military. Woodward, R. & Duncanson, C. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-20 20 p.
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Gender and Military Memoirs
Woodward, R., Duncanson, C. & Jenkings, K. N., 13 Jul 2017, The Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military. Woodward, R. & Duncanson, C. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 525 - 542 17 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Gender dynamics in rebel groups
Marks, Z., Jul 2017, The Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military. Woodward, R. & Duncanson, C. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 437-454 18 p. 29
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1 Editorial activity

Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Claire Duncanson (Editor)
Jul 2017
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An Introduction to Gender and the Military

Gender and Military Memoirs

Gender dynamics in rebel groups

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Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)

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