Gender, war and militarism: making and questioning the links [PDF]
The gender dynamics of militarism have traditionally been seen as straightforward, given the cultural mythologies of warfare and the disciplining of ‘masculinity’ that occurs in the training and use of men's capacity for violence in the armed services ...
Bourke J. +23 more
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Pacifism in Fin-de-Siècle Austria: The Politics and Limits of Peace Activism [PDF]
The late Habsburg Monarchy produced two of the most renowned peace activists of their day: Bertha von Suttner and Alfred Fried. In comparison to these two Nobel Peace laureates, the main association of Austro-pacifism – the Österreichische ...
Adler +98 more
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'Ibadan - a model of historical facts': militarism and civic culture in a Yoruba city [PDF]
The article focuses on an historical relationship between the political institution of chieftaincy and civic pride in Ibadan, a Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria.
Watson, Ruth
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Militarism and security: dialogue, possibilities and limits [PDF]
While attention to security has grown exponentially over the last few decades, militarism – the preparation for and normalization and legitimation of war – has not received the widespread and sustained focus it warrants in mainstream or critical circles.
Stavrianakis, Anna, Stern, Maria
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Liberal militarism as insecurity, desire and ambivalence: gender, race and the everyday geopolitics of war [PDF]
The use and maintenance of military force as a means of achieving security makes the identity and continued existence of states as legitimate protectors of populations intelligible.
Basham, Victoria M.
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Risk-transfer militarism, small massacres and the historic legitimacy of war [PDF]
The perception of initial success in the `war against terrorism' appears to strengthen a general relegitimation of war in Western society that has been gathering pace over the last two decades.
Shaw, Martin
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Encounters with the military : toward an ethics of feminist critique? [PDF]
This conversation developed from a panel titled “Interrogating the Militarized Masculine: Reflections on Research, Ethics and Access” held at the May 2013 International Feminist Journal of Politics conference at the University of Sussex ...
Baker, Catherine +4 more
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New Zealand foreign policy under the Clark government: High tide of liberal internationalism [PDF]
The foreign policy of the current New Zealand government has strongly reflected the Labour Party’s Liberal Internationalist ideology. Indeed, it is probable that this government has been the most Liberal Internationalist of all New Zealand Labour ...
McCraw, David
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Controlling weapons circulation in a postcolonial militarised world [PDF]
What are the politics of, and prospects for, contemporary weapons control? Human rights and humanitarian activists and scholars celebrate the gains made in the UN Arms Trade Treaty as a step towards greater human security. Critics counter that the treaty
Acheson +38 more
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Operation Moshtarak and the manufacture of credible, “heroic” warfare [PDF]
Richard Lance Keeble argues that Fleet Street’s coverage of the Afghan conflict has served largely to promote the interests of the military/industrial/media complex – and marginalise the views of the public who have consistently appealed in polls for the
Amoore M +12 more
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