Gender Dynamics and Post-Conflict Reconstruction

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Edited by Christine Eifler & Ruth Seifert

By Christine Eifler & Ruth Seifert (eds.)

Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2009.
298 pages
ISBN 978-3-631-56058-7
46.80 Euro

This volume by international authors deals with the role of gender dynamics in the development of post-conflict societies. The authors describe and analyze diverse aspects of the intertwining of gender and other social and cultural relations from an interdisciplinary perspective. They analyze gendered post-conflict dynamics in diverse contexts asking for the consequences these developments have in the settings under investigation, such as Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Palestine and Afghanistan.

Contents:

  • Gitti Hentschel: Preface
  • Christine Eifler/Ruth Seifert: Gender Dynamics and Violent Conflict
  • Ruth Seifert: Armed Conflicts, Post-War Reconstruction and Gendered Subjectivities
  • Lynne Alice: The UN's Global Gender Agenda and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: The Implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 in Kosovo
  • Susanne Schmeidl: The «Undoing of Gender Inequalities» in Traditional Societies: The Example of Post-Conflict Afghanistan
  • Anne Jenichen: Multi-Level Advocacy Networks in Post-War Settings: The Case of the Gender Quota in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Remzije Istrefi/Ariana Qosaj-Mustafa: Trafficking of Women in Post-Conflict Regions: The Case of Kosovo
  • Meghan Simpson: Intersectionalities of Gender and Class in the Wake of Kyrgyzstan's March 2005 Events
  • Vjollca Krasniqi: The Gender Politics of Post-War Reconstruction in Kosova
  • Michaela Schäuble: Contested Masculinities: Discourses on the Role of Croatian Combatants during the 'Homeland War' (1991-1995)
  • Andrea Hapke: The Responsibility of 'Mothers'. Gendered Discussions of Women's Peace Organisations in the North-Caucasus/Russia
  • Stef Jansen/Elissa Helms: The 'White Plague': National-Demographic Rhetoric and its Gendered Resonance After the Post-Yugoslav Wars
  • Veronika Shcheblanova/Elena Yarskaya-Smirnova: Explanations of Female Terrorism. Discourses about Chechen Terrorists in the Russian Mass Media: «Easy
    Girls», «Coarse Women» or Fighters?
  • Natalie Mutlak: Approaching the Interdependence of Gender, Water Supply and Conflict: The Example of Access to Water Resources in the Ramallah Governorate.

About the editors:
Christine Eifler is Professor at the Centre of Gender Studies at the University Bremen (Germany).
Ruth Seifert is Professor of Sociology at the University of Applied Sciences in Regensburg (Germany).

Further information: Peter Lang

  • See also: Gender Dynamics in Violent Conflicts (German only)
    Second session of the Gunda Werner Doctoral Fellowship (2004-2006)
    Its focus is on the role of gender dynamics and community processes in the development, continuation, and resolution of violent conflicts. The results of this Fellowship have partly been integrated into the book "Gender Dynamics and Post-Conflict Reconstruction".


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