The construction of masculinity in international relations
- International politics is characterized by a lack of women. The few women holding high political positions are more likely to be criticized and judged based upon, what the author calls, ‘the construction of masculinity in international relations’. Tracing the origin and logic of this construction, the article critiques the dominant theories of international relations (namely, realism and liberalism) and argues for the aptness of a radical feminist social constructivist approach to the study of international politics. The article also illuminates the strong focus on men and men’s perspectives of these influential mainstream theories on their conception and interpretation of war. An examination of the concept of war reveals how masculinity and femininity are portrayed on matters of war and national security and what side effects this has on women in politics, particularly women with political positions.
| Author: | Nora Fritzsche |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-366337 |
| URL: | http://ojs.aub.aau.dk/index.php/ijis/article/view/157/100 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5278/ojs.ijis.v7i0.157 |
| ISSN: | 1602-9097 |
| ISSN: | 1604-7095 |
| Parent Title (English): | The interdisciplinary journal of international studies |
| Place of publication: | Aalborg |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2015/02/13 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2011 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2015/02/13 |
| Volume: | 7 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Page Number: | 14 |
| First Page: | 41 |
| Last Page: | 54 |
| Note: | Articles published in The Interdisciplinary Journal of International Studies are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 399486682 |
| Institutes: | Gesellschaftswissenschaften / Gesellschaftswissenschaften |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell-Keine Bearbeitung 3.0 |
