Women and Political Violence: Female Combatants in Ethno-National Conflict

by Miranda H. Alison and Miranda Alison

Book Overview

This book directly challenges the stereotype that women are inherently peaceable by examining female combatants' involvement in ethno-national conflicts.

Drawing upon empirical case studies of Sri Lanka and Northern Ireland, this study explores the ways in which women have traditionally been depicted. Whereas women have predominantly been seen as victims of conflict, this book acknowledges the reality of women as active combatants. Indeed,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415592429
• ISBN13: 9780415592420
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"