Women in the Military and in Armed Conflict
Contributor(s): Carreiras, Helena [editor.] | Kümmel, Gerhard [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookPublisher: Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2008.Description: 240 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783531909356.Subject(s): Social sciences | Sociology | Sex (Psychology) | Gender expression | Gender identity | Social Sciences | Sociology, general | Gender StudiesDDC classification: 301 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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.
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 times, diverging perspectives. The reader will therefore gain in-depth insight into the most important aspects and positions in the debate.
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