Women in the Military and in Armed Conflict

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Carreiras, Helena (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kümmel, Gerhard (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2008.
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Sociology.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Gender Studies.

The debate about the role of women in war, violent conflict and the military is not only a long and ongoing one; it is also a heated and controversial one. The contributions to this anthology come from experts in the field who approach the topic from various angles thus offering different and, at ti...

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• Women in Combat: Reconsidering the Case Against the Deployment of Women in Combat-Support and Combat Units
• Off Limits: The Cults of the Body and Social Homogeneity as Discoursive Weapons Targeting Gender Integration in the Military
• Unsung Heroes: Women’s Contributions in the Military and Why Their Song Goes Unsung
• About Intervening in Vulnerable Societies: Gender in Military Peacekeeping of the Bundeswehr
• Women in the Netherlands Armed Forces
• Defying the Prohibited Arena: Women in the UAE Military
• From Loyalty to Dissent: How Military Women Respond to Integration Dilemmas
• Chivalry in the Military
• The Militarization of Gender and Sexuality in the Iraq War
• Violence Against Women in Conflict Zones.