Gender and civilian victimization in war

This book explores the role of gender in influencing war-fighting actors' strategies towards the attack or protection of civilians. Traditional narratives suggest that killing civilians intentionally in wars happens infrequently, and that the perpetration of civilian targeting is limited to abe...

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1. VerfasserIn: Peet, Jessica L. (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Sjoberg, Laura
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020
In:Jahr: 2020
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Bewaffneter Konflikt
Civilians in war
Civilians in war > Case studies
Erde
Fallstudie
Frau
Geschlecht
Gewalt
Krieg
Kriegsziel
Militärisches Objekt
Opfer > Sozialpsychologie
Rape as a weapon of war > Case studies
Schutz
Schutzvorrichtung
War > Moral and ethical aspects
Women > Crimes against > Case studies
Women and the military
Women and war
Zivilbevölkerung
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Erscheint auch als: 1697893465
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:This book explores the role of gender in influencing war-fighting actors' strategies towards the attack or protection of civilians. Traditional narratives suggest that killing civilians intentionally in wars happens infrequently, and that the perpetration of civilian targeting is limited to aberrant actors. Recently, scholars have shown that both state and non-state actors target civilians, even while explicitly deferring to the civilian immunity principle. This book fills a gap in the accounts of how civilian targeting happens, and shows that these actors are in large part targeting women rather than some gender-neutral understanding of civilians. It presents a history of civilian victimization in wars and conflicts, and then lays out a feminist theoretical approach to understanding civilian victimization. It explores the British Blockade of Germany in World War I, the Soviet 'Rape of Berlin' in World War II, the Rwandan genocide, and the contemporary conflict in northeast Nigeria. Across these case studies, the authors lay out how gender is key to how war-fighting actors understand both themselves and their opponents, and therefore plays a role in shaping strategic and tactical choices. It makes the argument that seeing women in nationalist and war narratives is crucial to understanding when and how civilians come to be targeted in wars, and how that targeting can be reduced.
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis Seite 153-186, Register
Beschreibung:192 Seiten
ISBN:9781138290846
9781138290839