Confronting the International Patriarchy Iran, Iraq and the United States of America

Summary: Elite leaderships of Iran, Iraq and the US operate within a male-centric system of international relations. Iran and Iraq have been accused of suffering from a 'democracy deficit' but little attention is paid to how external states - often in the name of women's liberation - inflict collective punishments that severely restrict the political and economic participation of women in the Middle East. This book, written from the perspective of feminist international relations, demonstrates women's ...

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ISBN: 9781443865456
ISBN: 1443865451
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (104 pages)
Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User. AC-SUB CatMonthString:june.16
Formatted Contents Note:	Table of contents; introduction; chapter one -- sanctioning change; chapter two -- women in iraq and iran; chapter three -- sophie''s choice and the sacrifice of iraqi children by sanctions; chapter four -- write it down ... artist or prostitute; chapter five -- sanctions on iran; contributors.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.