Worlding Women : A Feminist International Politics

In Worlding Women Jan Jindy Pettman asks 'Where are the women in international relations'? She develops a broad picture of women in colonial and post-colonial relations; racialized, ethnic and national identity conflicts; in wars, liberation movements and peace movements; and in the international political economy.Bringing contemporary feminist theory together with women's experiences of the `international', Pettman shows how mainstream international relations is based on certain constructions of masculinity and femininity. Her ground-breaking analysis has implications for feminist politics as well as for the study of international relations. In Worlding Women Jan Jindy Pettman asks 'Where are the women in international relations?' She develops a broad picture of women in colonial and postcolonial relations; in racialised, ethnic and national identity conflicts; in wars, liberation movements and peace movements; and in the international political economy. Bringing contemporary feminist theory together with women's experiences of the 'international', Pettman shows how mainstream international relations is based on certain constructions of masculinity and femininity. Her ground-breaking analysis has implications for feminist politics as well as for the study of international relations. Book cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 3 Copyright......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Introduction......Page 6 PART 1......Page 11 1 Women, gender and the state......Page 12 2 Women, colonisation and racism......Page 28 3 Women in postcolonial and postmigration......Page 56 PART 2......Page 71 4 Men, masculinities and war......Page 72 5 Women making peace......Page 87 6 Women in the wars......Page 101 PART 3......Page 121 Women and gender in the international......Page 122 An international political economy of sex......Page 143 Worlding women......Page 160 Bibliography......Page 165 Index......Page 198 `Pettman's much-needed and well-executed book Worlding Womenoffers a clear and coherent `picture' of a feminist international politics - V. Spike Peterson, University of Arizona