Terrorism and Violent Conflict Women's Agency, Leadership, and Responses

This book explores how gender intersects with political violence, and particularly terrorism.  We ask how gender relations and understandings of femininity and masculinity influence political violence, which includes politics related to terrorism, state terrorism, and genocide. We investigate how wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Poloni-Staudinger, Lori, Ortbals, Candice D. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Series:SpringerBriefs in Political Science
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • WOMEN AS VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM
  • Gendercide
  • The Individual Terrorist
  • Civil Society and Terrorism
  • Women Elites and Terrorism
  • Women’s and Men’s Public Opinion and Voting Behavior Related to Terrorism
  • Conclusion