Gender, UN Peacebuilding, and the Politics of Space

Locating Legitimacy

Laura J. Shepherd (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

262 Seiten

2017
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
9780199982721 (ISBN)

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The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (UNPBC) was established in December 2005 to develop outlines of best practice in post-conflict reconstruction, and to secure the political and material resources necessary to assist states in transition from conflict to peacetime. Currently, the organization is involved in reconstruction and peacebuilding activities in six countries. Yet, a 2010 review by permanent representatives to the United Nations found that the hopes of the UN peacebuilding architecture "despite committed and dedicated efforts...ha[d] yet to be realized." Two of these "hopes" deal with gender issues, specifically that peacebuilding efforts integrate a "gender perspective" and that the Commission consult with civil society, NGOs, and women's organizations. This book is the first to offer an extensive and dedicated analysis of the activities of the UN Peacebuilding Commission with regard to both gender politics, broadly conceived, and the gendered dynamics of civil society participation in peacebuilding activities. Laura J. Shepherd draws upon original fieldwork that she conducted with the UNPBC to argue that the spatial politics of peacebuilding are not only gendered - such that they further marginalize and disadvantage indigenous populations in peacebuilding activities - but also perpetuate hierarchies that privilege the international over the domestic realms. Laying bare the logics of gender and space that organize UN peacebuilding discourse, the book asserts that the representations of women, gender, and civil society inform the meaning of UN peacebuilding in contemporary world politics.

Laura J. Shepherd is Professor of International Relations at the University of Sydney, Australia, and a Visiting Senior Fellow at the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security in London, UK.

List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Permissions
A note about referencing
Chapter 1: The puzzle and the project
Chapter 2: The concept and practice of peacebuilding at the UN and beyond
Chapter 3: Gender in UN peacebuilding discourse
Chapter 4: Women in UN peacebuilding discourse
Chapter 5: Civil society in UN peacebuilding discourse
Chapter 6: Why UN peacebuilding discourse matters
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	28.09.2017
Reihe/Serie	Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	239 x 155 mm
Gewicht	494 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-13	9780199982721 / 9780199982721
Zustand	Neuware