The Political Economy of Conflict and Violence against Women: Cases from the South

Political Economy of Conflict and Violence against Women shows how political, economic, social and ideological processes intersect to shape conflict related gender-based violence against women. Through feminist interrogations of the politics of economies, struggles for political power and the gender order, this collection reveals how sexual orders and regimes are linked to spaces of production. Crucially it argues that these spaces are themselves firmly anchored in overlapping patriarchies which are sustained and reproduced during and after war through violence that is physical as well as structural. Through an analysis of legal regimes and structures of social arrangements, the contributors frame militarization as a political economic dynamic, developing a radical critique of liberal peace building and peacemaking that does not challenge patriarchy, or modes of production and accumulation. Front Cover Praise Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents List of illustrations Graphs Figures Tables About the editors About the contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Framing a south feminist analysis of war, conflict and violence against women – the value of a political economy lens Our point of departure: dominant views on violence in peacemaking and peace building The need for a political economy framework of analysis This book Conclusion Notes References 1: The construction of the ‘responsible woman’: structural violence in Sri Lanka’s post-war development strategy Point of departure Violence in the political economy of conflict Financialisation: a mode of power and control Conclusion Notes References 2: Ending violence against women in Papua New Guinea’s Highlands Region: the role of the state, local civil society and extractive industries Introduction Extractive industries, men’s conflict and women’s marginalisation Hela’s triple trauma: extractives, armed conflict and violence against women Where there are no extractives: Highlands women build equality, development and peace The extractive industry’s CSR organisations: de facto state, surrogate civil society Conclusion Notes References 3: Rural women in Colombia: from victims to actors Introduction Colombia’s conflict in a nutshell Patriarchal men, faceless women From victim to actor Rural women: Colombia’s strength Final thoughts Notes References 4: Contesting territoriality: patriarchy, accumulation and dispossession. ‘Entrenched peripherality’: women, political economy and the myth of peace building in North East India Introduction Landscapes Outside the patriarchal edifice of peace settlements Women’s eternal quest: justice and dignity Notes Bibliography 5: Reimagining subversion: agency and women’s peace activism in Northern Uganda Introduction Neoliberal peace building and feminism: a framing argument The challenges of the historical political-economic context and Ugandan women’s ‘emancipation’ Women’s creative reinterpretation of peace: living beyond survival Conclusion Notes References 6: The prism of marginalisation: political economy of violence against women in Sudan and South Sudan Introduction Background: state failure The status of inequality: women’s economic, social and cultural position The space between us Violence against women: prevalence and manifestations Violence, war and conflict Women’s resistance and organising in modern Sudan: failures and successes New trends and shifts: women’s non-governmental organisations Successful attempts: Sudanese women building collectives Conclusion Notes References Index "The Political Economy of Conflict and Violence against Women shows how political, economic, social and ideological processes intersect to shape conflict related gender-based violence against women. Through feminist interrogations of the politics of economies, struggles for political power and the gender order, this collection reveals how sexual orders and regimes are linked to spaces of production. Crucially it argues that these spaces are themselves firmly anchored in overlapping patriarchies which are sustained and reproduced during and after war through violence that is physical as well as structural. Through an analysis of legal regimes and structures of social arrangements, this book frames militarization as a political economic dynamic, developing a radical critique of liberal peace building and peace making that does not challenge patriarchy, or modes of production and accumulation"--Publisher's description Our Politics & International Relations publishing features books from the I.B. Tauris, Zed Books, Red Globe Press and Bloomsbury Academic imprints. 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