1st Edition

Feminist Strategies in International Governance

Edited By Gülay Caglar, Elisabeth Prügl, Susanne Zwingel Copyright 2013
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

The struggle for women’s rights and to overcome gender oppression has long engaged the efforts of inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations. Feminist Strategies in International Governance provides a new introduction to the contemporary forms of this struggle. It brings together the voices of academics and practitioners to reflect in particular on the effectiveness of human rights... Read more

1. Introduction: Feminist Strategies in International Governance: Past Insights, New Visions and Future Prospects Gülay Caglar, Elisabeth Prügl and Susanne Zwingel  Part I: Feminist Strategies  2. Civil Society Strategies: The Weight of Outsider Interventions Mariama Williams  3. Feminist Strategies within International Organizations Carolyn Hannan  4. Gender Mainstreaming Laura Parisi & Jacqui True  5. International Law - A Travel Guide for Gender Justice? Hilary Charlesworth  6. Gender Expertise Elisabeth Prügl  Part II: How do Gender Norms Travel? 7.  Translating International Women’s Rights: CEDAW in Context Susanne Zwingel  8. Vernacularization in Action: Combining Global and Local Ideas about Women’s Rights in Peru Peggy Levitt  9. Translating International Norms: Filters to Combating Violence Against Women in Lebanon Rita Sabat  Part III: Feminist Strategies in Security Governance  10 Gender Mainstreaming of UN Peace Operations Claudia von Braunmühl  11. Changing Discourses, Changing Practices? Gender Mainstreaming and Security Jutta Joachim and Schneiker 12.  Women's Rights in Post-War States: International Peacebuilding Operations and Feminist Policy Change Anne Jenichen  Part IV: Economic Governance and Governmentality  13.  Governing the Economy for Gender Equality? Challenges of Regulation Shahra Razavi  14. Economic Governance and the Regulation of Intimacy in Gender and Development Planning: Lessons from the World Bank's Latin American Programming Kate Bedford  15. Crisis and Economic Knowledge Gülay Caglar 16.  Gender and the Technocratic Network Governance in Finance Brigitte Young 17. Global Feminist Movements Ilse Lenz

 

Biography

Gülay Caglar is a research fellow in the Division of "Gender and Globalization" at the Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany. Her research focuses on gender politics in global economic governance.

Elisabeth Prügl is Professor of International Relations at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Her research focuses on gender politics and international organizations.

Susanne Zwingel is Associate Professor of Politics at the State University of New York in Potsdam, NY. Her research focuses on human rights and gender in global governance.