Peacebuilding and Gender

This course examines the relationship between gender and peacebuilding, based on scholarship from the fields of political science, international relations, and peace and conflict studies. We will engage with the gendered dimensions of conflict, security, and peace and discuss how gender matters in a range of settings, such as during peace negotiations, in post-conflict reconstruction, transitional justice, or disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) processes. The course will cover theoretical literature, as well as case studies from around the world. During the course, we will critically engage with the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda, as well as related efforts to increase women’s inclusion and representation, as well as with the role of masculinities in conflict and peace. Students are expected to read and critically engage with weekly readings, participate actively in classroom discussions, to write a case analysis, and/or to prepare a presentation.

Lernziele

Students are familiar with the main theoretical and empirical debates on gender and peacebuilding. They have reflected on and discussed these in the context of different contemporary and historical cases. They have critically reflected on the value and methods of gendered analyses of conflict, security, and peace.

Literatur

• Cohn, Carol (ed.) (2013). Women and Wars: Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures. Malden, MA: Polity Press.

• Enloe, Cynthia (2000) [1989]. Bananas, Beaches and Bases. Making Feminist Sense of International Politics. Second Edition. University of California Press.

• Giles, Wenona; Hyndman, Jennifer (eds.) (2004): Sites of Violence: Gender and Conflict Zones. Berkeley: University of California Press

• Pankhurst, Donna (ed.) (2008). Gendered Peace. London: Routledge.

• Shepherd, Laura J (2017). Gender, UN Peacebuilding and the Politics of Space: Locating Legitimacy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• Smith, Sara; Yoshida, Keina (eds.) (2022). Feminist Conversations on Peace. Bristol University Press.

Achtung

Alle Seminare im Fach Politikwissenschaft werden benotet.
Notenskala 6.0 bis 1.0, wobei 4.0 genügend (Bestanden) ist.
Die Teilnehmerzahl ist aus Gründen der Qualitätssicherung der Lehre beschränkt. Bei Überbuchung haben Studierende der Politikwissenschaft Vorrang. Selektion nach Belegungsdatum.