Gender, Justice, and the Wars in Iraq: A Feminist Reformulation of Just War Theory (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780739116104)

Gender, Justice, and the Wars in Iraq offers a feminist critique and reconstruction of just war theory. It points out gender biases in the just war tradition and suggests alternative jus ad bellum and jus in bello standards that emphasize women, political marginality, and empathy. Laura Sjoberg applies this feminist just war theory to analyze the wars in Iraq since the end of the Cold War-the First Gulf War, the war of sanctions, and the Second Gulf War. By examining international political discourse from and about Iraq, it shows where war generally and just war specifically are gendered. Through the stories of key just war characters like Jessica Lynch, this book reveals where women are omitted and subordinated in global politics. Sjoberg suggests that dialogue and empathy replace righteousness in just war thinking for the good of human safety everywhere and concludes with alternative visions of Gulf War policies, inspired by feminist just war theory.

Author: Laura Sjoberg
ISBN-10: 073911610X
ISBN-13: 9780739116104
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 05/26/2006
Pages: 278
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.08w x 0.81d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2006 pg. 171