1st Edition

Gender, Nationalism and Conflict Transformation New Themes and Old Problems in Northern Ireland Politics

By Fidelma Ashe Copyright 2019
188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

Utilising Northern Ireland as a case study, this book presents an analysis of the gender and sexual politics of conflict transformation. The book synthesises a vast array of international sources with the author’s empirical and theoretical research to produce a powerful gendered critique of conflict transformation in Northern Ireland. It maps the negative effects of the region’s violent... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Gender, Sexuality and Conflict Transformation  3. Gendering the Accord  4. Gender, Sexuality and the New Institutions  5. Masculinities, Power and Transition  6. Gender and Renegotiating the Peace  7. Bodies and Conflict Transformation  8. Conclusions

Biography

Fidelma Ashe is a member of the Transitional Justice Research Institute at Ulster University, UK. She is an expert on gender, sexuality and conflict transformation and has written widely on the subject. She is author of The New Politics of Masculinity: Men, Power and Resistance (2007).