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Gender, Justice, and the Wars in Iraq

A Feminist Reformulation of Just War Theory
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 2006

Summary

Gender, Justice, and the Wars in Iraq offers a feminist critique and reconstruction of just war theory. It points out gender biases in the just war tradition and suggests alternative jus ad bellum and jus in bello standards that emphasize women, political marginality, and empathy. Laura Sjoberg applies this feminist just war theory to analyze the wars in Iraq since the end of the Cold War—the First Gulf War, the war of sanctions, and the Second Gulf War. By examining international political discourse from and about Iraq, it shows where war generally and just war specifically are gendered. Through the stories of key just war characters like Jessica Lynch, this book reveals where women are omitted and subordinated in global politics. Sjoberg suggests that dialogue and empathy replace righteousness in just war thinking for the good of human safety everywhere and concludes with alternative visions of Gulf War policies, inspired by feminist just war theory.



Bibliographic data

Copyright year
2006
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-1609-8
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-5547-9
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
2
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Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Acknowledgments No access
    1. 1 Introduction No access
    2. 2 The Problematic Preeminence of Just War Discourses No access
    3. 3 Feminist Foundations No access
    1. 4 Feminist Motivating Moralities for Just Wars No access
    2. 5 Feminisms Go to War: Jus Ad Bellum No access
    3. 6 Feminisms Fight Wars: Jus In Bello No access
    1. 7 Histories for the Wars in Iraq No access
    2. 8 Gendered States Fight Sexualized Wars No access
    3. 9 Attacking Civilians: Gendered Sanctions In Bello No access
    4. 10 Just War Against Terror? Feminism Confronts Elshtain No access
    5. 11 Women in the Gulf Wars No access
    1. 12 A Reconstructive Project for Feminist Just War Theory No access
    2. 13 Feminist Reconstructions of the Wars in Iraq No access
    3. 14 Conclusion No access
  1. Bibliography No access Pages 239 - 260
  2. Index No access Pages 261 - 264
  3. About the Author No access Pages 265 - 2

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