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1 online resource (337 pages) |
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Global Institutions |
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Global institutions series.
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| Contents |
Feminist Strategies in International Governance; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introducing feminist strategies in international governance; Part I Feminist strategies; 1 International human rights law: a portmanteau for feminist norms?; 2 Gender mainstreaming strategies in international governance; 3 Gender expertise as feminist strategy; 4 Feminist strategies in international organizations: the United Nations context; 5 A perspective on feminist international organizing from the bottom up: the case of IGTN and the WTO |
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Part II Human rights of women6 Translating international women's rights norms: CEDAW in context; 7 Doing vernacularization: the encounter between global and local ideas about women's rights in Peru; 8 Translating international norms: filters to combating violence against women in Lebanon; Part III Security governance; 9 A feminist analysis of UN Security Council resolutions on women, peace, and security; 10 European countries and the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325; 11 How do women's rights norms travel? Peace-building operations as opportunity structures in Bosnia |
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Part IV Economic governance12 Governing the economy for gender equality? Challenges of regulation; 13 Economic governance and the regulation of intimacy in gender and development: lessons from the World Bank's programming; 14 Feminist strategies and social learning in international economic governance; 15 Structural power and the gender biases of technocratic network governance in finance; 16 Conclusion: advancing feminist strategies in international governance; Select bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The struggle for women's rights and to overcome gender oppression has long engaged the efforts of inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations. Feminist Strategies in International Governance provides a new introduction to the contemporary forms of this struggle. It brings together the voices of academics and practitioners to reflect in particular on the effectiveness of human rights strategies and gender mainstreaming. It covers three international issue areas in which feminists currently seek change: women's human rights and violence against women; the participation of w |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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International cooperation.
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Women's rights -- International cooperation
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Feminism -- International cooperation.
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Women -- Political activity.
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Women and peace.
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Feminism -- International cooperation
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International cooperation
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Women and peace
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Women -- Political activity
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Women's rights -- International cooperation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Prügl, Elisabeth
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Zwingel, Susanne
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| ISBN |
9781136210648 |
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1136210644 |
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