Ex-Combatants, Gender and Peace in Northern Ireland

Women, Political Protest and the Prison Experience
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-36329-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 253 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4552 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict

This book explores the contours of women's involvement in the Irish Republican Army, political protest and the prison experience in Northern Ireland. Through the voices of female and male combatants, it demonstrates that women remained marginal in the examination of imprisonment during the Conflict and in the negotiated peace process. However, the book shows that women performed a number of roles in war and peace that placed constructions of femininity in dissent.
Azrini Wahidin argues that the role of the female combatant is not given but ambiguous. She indicates that a tension exists between different conceptualisations of societal security, where female combatants both fought against societal insecurity posed by the state and contributed to internal societal dissonance within their ethno-national groups. This book tackles the lacunae that has created a disturbing silence and an absence of a comprehensive understanding of women combatants, which includes knowledge of their motivations, roles and experiences. It will be of particular interest to scholars of criminology, politics and peace studies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wahidin, Azrini

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, Bewaffnete Konflikte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Women, War and Peace.- Chapter 2. An Cogadh Fada: The Legacy of Conflict in Northern Ireland.- Chapter 3. The Role of the Accidental Activist.- Chapter 4. From Footnote Soldiers to Frontline Soldiers.- Chapter 5. An Scéal o Príosún Ard Mhacha: Armagh Prison.- Chapter 6. Nor Meekly Serve My Time: 'A' Company Armagh.- Chapter 7. Parthas Caillte: The Politics of Resistance and the Role of the Gendered Incarcerated Body.- Chapter 8. Scéal Phríosún Ard Mhacha: The History of Strip Searching in Armagh.- Chapter 9. 'There is No Glory in Any War'. Conclusion. Compromise After Conflict: Making Peace with the Past.

Über Autor(innen)

Azrini Wahidin is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Nottingham Trent University, UK. She is on the Executive Committee of the British Society of Criminology and is Chair of the Professional Affairs and Ethics Committee. She has held visiting posts at Melbourne University, University of Sydney, Middle Tennessee State University and the University of Malaya.