Vulnerable Bodies

Gender, the UN and the Global Refugee Crisis
Neuauflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-7546-3734-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 498 g

Reihe: Gender in a Global/Local World

Examining the response of the United Nations to forced displacement in three cases, this insightful work lays bare the breach between advances in global policy on gender equality and humanitarianism and the implementation of these policies. In this book Erin Baines uses the examples of Bosnia, Rwanda and Guatemala to explore the interplay between the global, the national and the local level. By providing critical empirical data, feminist propositions can be tested against experience. Vulnerable Bodies will form an excellent resource for courses in international relations, gender studies, development studies, comparative politics, and for UN policymakers and government practitioners.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baines, Erin K.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction: on vulnerable bodies; Transnational advocacy on refugee women, 1979-89; Promoting gender equality in the UN Refugee Agency, 1990-2002; In ruby splendour: Guatemala; The fragile world: Bosnia-Herzegovina; Stones, skulls, bones: Rwanda; Lessons learned for the next generation; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Erin Baines is Director of the Conflict and Development Programme at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, Canada.