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Author Cockburn, Cynthia

Title Antimilitarism : political and gender dynamics of peace movements / by Cynthia Cockburn
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Contents Finding a voice: women at three moments of British peace activism -- War resistance and pacifist revolution -- Legitimate disobedience: an anti-militarist movement in Spain -- Midlands city: faiths and philosophies together for Palestine -- Saying no to NATO: divergent strategies -- Seeing the whole picture: anti-militarism in Okinawa and Japan -- A state of peace: movements to reunify and demilitarize Korea -- Guns and bodies: armed conflict and domestic violence -- Towards a different common sense
Summary People come together in movements to end war from many political traditions. They are socialists, communists and anarchists, people of a variety of faiths, secularists, pacifists and feminists. They share a belief that peace is possible, but have divergent views on the causes of militarism and strategies to end it. As both peace activist and social researcher, Cynthia Cockburn is well placed to ask, 'How coherent and cohesive are we?' The book presents original case studies of anti-war, anti-militarist and peace movements in Japan, South Korea, Spain, Uganda and the UK, of international networks against military conscription and the proliferation of guns, and of singular campaigns addressing aggression against Palestinians and the expansion of NATO. The stand-alone chapters make ideal course readings. Scanning the political spectrum, but always with a gender lens, the author carefully uncovers the movements' many tensions and antagonisms, looking for the source of alliance that may make of these and a multitude of other groups, organizations and networks worldwide an unstoppable movement for change. Between the nihilist view that violence is inevitable and the utopian belief in the possibility of a violence-free world is an achievable goal of violence reduction, both in times of war and in times called peace. Violence is, much more often than we think, a choice
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Subject Peace movements -- History -- 20th century
Women and peace -- History -- 20th century
Peace movements -- Case studies
Militarism -- History -- 20th century
Feminism -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century
International relations.
Peace studies & conflict resolution.
Gender studies: women.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Peace.
Politics and Government.
Feminism -- Political aspects
Militarism
Peace movements
Women and peace
Friedensbewegung
Antimilitarismus
Geschlechterrolle
Fredsrörelsen -- 1900-talet.
Militarism -- motstånd.
Internationella relationer.
Politisk verksamhet.
Feminism.
Peace movement -- 20th century.
Militarism -- resistance.
International relations.
Political activities.
Feminism.
Feminism -- politiska aspekter -- historia.
Antimilitarism -- historia.
Fredsrörelser -- historia.
Kvinnor och fred -- historia.
Japan
Uganda
Südkorea
Spanien
Großbritannien
Genre/Form Case studies
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230378391
0230378390