Intelligent compassion The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and feminist peace

This book traces changes in ideas and policies of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF - the longest-living international women's peace organization) from 1945 to 1975. Focusing on three areas of the organization's work (disarmament, decolonization, and the co...

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Main Author: Confortini, Catia Cecilia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2012, 2012
Series:Oxford studies in gender and international relations / Oxford studies in gender and international relations
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book traces changes in ideas and policies of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF - the longest-living international women's peace organization) from 1945 to 1975. Focusing on three areas of the organization's work (disarmament, decolonization, and the conflict in Israel/Palestine), the book addresses the agent-structure problem in international relations, specifically asking to what extent activists can transcend the practices of their era given that they are also shaped by them
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780199979875