Masculinity and New War: The Gendered Dynamics of Contemporary Armed Conflict

TitleMasculinity and New War: The Gendered Dynamics of Contemporary Armed Conflict
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsDuriesmith, David
Number of Pages146
PublisherRoutledge
CityAbingdon, UK
Abstract

This book advances the claims of feminist international relations scholars that the social construction of masculinities is key to resolving the scourges of militarism, sexual violence and international insecurity. More than two decades of feminist research has charted the dynamic relationship between warfare and masculinity, but there has yet to be a detailed account of the role of masculinity in structuring the range of volatile civil conflicts which emerged in the Global South after the end of the Cold War. By bridging feminist scholarship on international relations with the scholarship of masculinities, the author advances both bodies of scholarship through detailed case study analysis. By challenging the concept of 'new war', he suggests that a new model for understanding the gendered dynamics of civil conflict is needed, and proposes that the power dynamics between groups of men based on age difference, ethnicity, location and class form an important and often overlooked causal component to these civil conflicts. The volume explores the role of masculinities through two case studies, the civil war in Sierra Leone (1991-2002) and the second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005).

URLhttps://www.routledge.com/Masculinity-and-New-War-The-gendered-dynamics-of-contemporary-armed-conflict/Duriesmith/p/book/9780367221492
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