Overview
Offers feminist perspectives on terrorism and radicalization research
Reveals the domination of gender stereotypes in studies on female terrorism
Places the issues of socially created gender differences and androcentrism at the center of attention
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The author shows how a post-positivist approach can be useful in gaining insights into terrorism and violent extremism, and how to address these phenomena. The book presents theoretical foundations based on various feminist assumptions, and exposes the essence of feminism, its conceptual grid, gender variabilities and the developments in feminist thinking and theory. Furthermore, it discusses the trends in feminist epistemology, and explains female radicalization to terrorist activity, the specificity of female terrorism, and the roles of women in deradicalization processes, as well as their impact on counterterrorism policy. The book concludes that gender difference as a constitutive variable of social reality is of key importance in studies on terrorism and counterterrorism.
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Book Title: Feminist Perspectives on Terrorism
Book Subtitle: Critical Approaches to Security Studies
Authors: Aleksandra Gasztold
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37234-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-37233-0Published: 02 April 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-37236-1Published: 02 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-37234-7Published: 01 April 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 155
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Terrorism and Political Violence, Politics and Gender, Ethnicity, Class, Gender and Crime