Rape loot pillage : the political economy of sexual violence in armed conflict / Sara Meger.

Author
Meger, Sara [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Description
viii, 238 pages ; 24 cm.

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    Oxford studies in gender and international relations [More in this series]
    Summary note
    Rape and other forms of sexual violence have always been a feature of war. Yet it is only recently that researchers have identified rape as a deliberate tool of war-making rather than simply an inevitable side effect of armed conflict. Much of the emerging literature has suggested that the underlying causes of rape stem from a single motivation - whether individual, symbolic, or strategic - leading to disagreement in the field about how we can understand and respond to the causes and consequences of sexual violence in war. In Rape Loot Pillage, Sara Meger argues that sexual violence is a form of gender-based political violence (perpetrated against both men and women) and a manifestation of unequal gender relations that are exacerbated by the social, political, and economic conditions of war. She looks at trends in the form and function of sexual violence in recent and ongoing conflicts to contend that, in different contexts, sexual violence takes different forms and is used in pursuit of different objectives. For this reason, no single framework for addressing conflict-related sexual violence will be sufficient. Taking a political economy perspective, Meger maintains that these variations can be explained by broader struggles over territory, assets, and other productive resources that motivate contemporary armed conflicts. Sexual violence is a reflection of global political economic struggles, and can't be addressed only at the local level - it must be addressed through regional and international policy. She concludes by providing some initial ideas about how this can be done via the UN and national governments. -- From dust jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-225) and index.
    Contents
    • The securitization of sexual violence
    • Toward a feminist political economy of sexual violence in war
    • A preliminary typology of wartime sexual violence
    • Sexual violence as an instrument of terror/torture
    • Sexual violence as a weapon of war
    • Sexual violence as an element of genocide
    • The political economy of sexual violence in the DRC
    • Sexual violence against men and boys in armed conflict
    • From fetishization to politicization and gendered peace.
    ISBN
    • 9780190277666 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 0190277661 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016000074
    OCLC
    940455277
    Other standard number
    • 40026764168
    • 40026623065
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