Feminist International Relations (IR) Theory

Ayelet Harel Shalev

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-74336-3_207-1

Feminist International Relations (IR) Theory

Ayelet Harel Shalev

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Feminist theorists have contributed to international relations (IR) studies by re-assessing the roles that gender and women play in the international arena. They have explicitly noted gender biases in IR. By using various methodologies, including nontraditional avenues of inquiry, feminist IR re-defines the concepts of power, sovereignty, hegemony, and security. Feminist IR also helps unravel the means by which hegemonic masculinity has become embedded in IR politics. This short essay explores the ways feminist concepts and methodologies allow us to view IR not only from an abstract philosophical and historical point of view but also from the point of view of those who experience IR politics but are usually missing from its mainstream body of knowledge.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies
Editors	Scott Romaniuk, Péter Marton
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319743363
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74336-3_207-1
State	Published - May 2019

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