New
Book Explores Influence of Gender Constructs on the
International Regime Protecting War-Affected Civilians
'Innocent Women and
Children'
Gender, Norms and the Protection of Civilians
R. Charli Carpenter
From
the Publisher: Examining the influence of gender
constructs on the international regime protecting
war-affected civilians, R. Charli Carpenter examines
how in practice belligerents, advocates and humanitarian
players interpret civilian immunity so as to leave
adult civilian men and older boys at grave risk in
conflict zones.
R.
Charli Carpenter
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Providing
a wealth of ground-breaking case studies, the author
argues that in order to understand the way in which
laws of war are implemented and promoted in international
society we must understand how gender ideas affect
the principle of civilian immunity. Each case study
demonstrates the importance of assumptions about gender
relations in shaping international politics, and in
developing a framework for incorporating an attention
to gender into the often gender-blind scholarship
on international norms. As such, this book will be
of interest to international relations theorists and
to human rights scholars, students and activists alike.
Carpenter
is Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Public
and International Affairs where she teaches courses
in Global Governance; Humanitarianism in World Politics;
Sex, Power and Security; and The Rules of War. Her
teaching and research interests include Humanitarian
action, gender, human security. More...
For
more information and to purchase Innocent Women
and Children, visit Ashgate
Publishing.
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