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Women and the Use of Military Force / ed. by Michael R. Stevenson, Ruth H. Howes.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]Copyright date: ©1993Description: 1 online resource (275 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781555873295
  • 9781685855611
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Overview -- Part 1 Theories, Concepts, and Attitudes -- 2 Feminist Perspectives on Women and the Use of Force -- 3 The Gender Gap in Popular Attitudes Toward the Use of Force -- 4 Women in Groups and Organizations: Implications for the Use of Force -- 5 Handgun Ownership Among U.S. Women and Its Consequences for Social Judgment -- 6 Women in Law Enforcement -- Part 2 The Role of Women: The Evidence -- 7 Women in the Armed Forces -- 8 Women in Weapons Development: The Manhattan Project -- 9 Women and National Security Policy -- 10 Women and the Peace Movement -- 11 How Three Female National Leaders Have Used the Military -- 12 No Going Back: Women's Participation in the Nicaraguan Revolution and in Postrevolutionary Movements -- 13 Women, Resistance, and the Use of Force in South Africa -- Part 3 Conclusion -- 14 The Impact of Women's Use of Military Force -- References -- About the Authors -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: The authors examine theoretical approaches, particularly feminist approaches, to women's use of physical force and present data on the role women actually play in using military force, both as policymakers and as implementers.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Overview -- Part 1 Theories, Concepts, and Attitudes -- 2 Feminist Perspectives on Women and the Use of Force -- 3 The Gender Gap in Popular Attitudes Toward the Use of Force -- 4 Women in Groups and Organizations: Implications for the Use of Force -- 5 Handgun Ownership Among U.S. Women and Its Consequences for Social Judgment -- 6 Women in Law Enforcement -- Part 2 The Role of Women: The Evidence -- 7 Women in the Armed Forces -- 8 Women in Weapons Development: The Manhattan Project -- 9 Women and National Security Policy -- 10 Women and the Peace Movement -- 11 How Three Female National Leaders Have Used the Military -- 12 No Going Back: Women's Participation in the Nicaraguan Revolution and in Postrevolutionary Movements -- 13 Women, Resistance, and the Use of Force in South Africa -- Part 3 Conclusion -- 14 The Impact of Women's Use of Military Force -- References -- About the Authors -- Index -- About the Book

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The authors examine theoretical approaches, particularly feminist approaches, to women's use of physical force and present data on the role women actually play in using military force, both as policymakers and as implementers.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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