Antimilitarism: political and gender dynamics of peace movements
Cockburn, Cynthia
A lively, first hand account of the ideas and activities of women and men in anti-war, anti-militarist and peace movements. The author looks at the tensions and divergences in and between organizations, and their potential for cohering into a powerful worldwide counter-hegemonic movement for violence reduction. Cynthia Cockburn is Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, City University London, and Honorary Professor, Centre for the Study of Women and Gender, University of Warwick. INDICE: Introduction - Finding a Voice: Women at Three Moments of British Peace Activism - War Resistance and Pacifist Revolution - Legitimate Disobedience: An Anti-militarist Movement in Spain - Midlands City: Faiths and Philosophies together for Palestine - Saying No to NATO: Divergent Strategies - Seeingthe Whole Picture: Anti-militarism in Okinawa and Japan - A State of Peace: Movements to Reunify and Demilitarize Korea - Guns and Bodies: Armed Conflict and Domestic Violence - Towards a Different Common Sense - References -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-35975-8
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha Publicación: 23/03/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés