POLS 261 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Samantha Power, Counter-Terrorism, Peacebuilding

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 261
• Professor: Stefanievon Hlatky

Document Summary

Feminism: liberal: the gender gap, postmodern: question the male and female binary and gender based hierarchies, gender perspectives: gba to understand social and construction of role/power. Liberal feminism: promotes gender equality as an end in itself, irrespective of the advantages or disadvantages that might result from the greater participation of women. Counter-feminism: views the integration of women and the armed forces as undermining military effectiveness. (print slide 6) Gender balancing: focused on the recruitment and retention of women (strict equality goals) Gender mainstreaming: gender as a central concern throughout the policy process. Can women make the world more peaceful: research shows that involving women in peacebuilding increases the probability that violence will end by 24%. The presence of female peacekeepers: helps reduce conflict and confrontation, provides a greater sense of security to women and children, improves access and support for local women, makes our peacekeepers more approachable to women.