FYI. I received this as a courtesy. I have not read the book and cannot endorse it. However, I thought the topic might interest a number of ECOFEM subscribers Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Fri, 11 May 2001 19:07:12 +0100 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New Zed release - Moser15/01 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW RELEASE INFORMATION FROM ZED BOOKS TITLE: Victims, Perpetrators or Actors? Gender, Armed Conflict and Political Violence EDITORS: Caroline O N Moser, World Bank, & Fiona C Clark, University of East Anglia ISBN/PRICE: 1 85649 897 2 hbk GBP45.00/US$59.95 1 85649 898 0 pbk GBP14.95/US$19.95 FEATURES: Notes References Index 256 pp LIBRARY CATEGORIES: Gender Studies Peace Studies Political Science MARKET RESTRICTIONS: The Zed edition of this title is not for sale in South Asia (ref: Kali for Women) KEY POINTS + A new analytic framework for the gendered nature of armed conflict and political violence + Describes women's involvement as authors & perpetrators as well as victims of violence + Diverse empirical case studies from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America ABOUT THE BOOK Armed conflict and political violence are viewed as 'male domains', perpetrated by men, whether as armed forces, guerilla groups, paramilitaries or peacemakers. The unavoidable, or deliberate, involvement of women has received far less attention, and there is a tendency to portray a simplistic division of roles between men as aggressors, and women as victims, particularly of sexual abuse. The gendered causes, costs and consequences of violent conflicts have been at best underrepresented and more often misrepresented. In reality, men and women are both actors and victims throughout violent conflict and all stages of conflict have gendered implications. The contributors explore the links between political, economic and social violence and illustrate how local community organizations run and managed by women play a key role throughout conflict situations. ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS CAROLINE MOSER is a gender and development consultant who worked for the World Bank before a recent move to the UK Department for International Development (DFID). Her previous books include Gender Planning and Development (Routledge,1993) and Women, Human Settlements and Housing (Tavistock,1987). FIONA CLARK has an MA in gender analysis from the University of East Anglia. The CONTRIBUTORS are based all over the world and include a number of Zed authors. CONTENTS PART ONE: Contextual Issues on Gender, Armed Conflict and Political Violence 1.Introduction - Caroline O.N. Moser and Fiona Clark 2. The Gendered Dynamics of Armed Conflict and Political Violence - Cynthia Cockburn 3. The Gendered Continuum of Violence and Conflict: An Operational Framework - Caroline O.N. Moser PART TWO: The Politics of Victimization: Sexual Abuse and Violence 4. The Political Economy of Rape: An Analysis of Systematic Rape and Sexual Abuse of Women during Armed Conflict in Africa - Meredeth Turshen 5. The Body of the Other Man: Sexual Violence and the Construction of Masculinity, Sexuality and Ethnicity in the Croatian Media - Dubravka Zarkov PART THREE: Gender, Power and Agency 6. Rethinking Women's Struggles in Israel- Palestine and in the North of Ireland - Simona Sharoni 7. Women and Communal Conflict: New Challenges for the Women's Movement in India - Urvashi Butalia PART FOUR: Women as Actors in Armed Conflict and Political Violence 8. El Salvador: Women and Untold Stories -Women Guerrillas - Ana Cristina Ibaqez PART FIVE: 'Doing' and 'Being': Questions of Identity in Displacement 9. The Nostalgic Future: Terror, Displacement and Gender in Colombia - Donny Meertens PART SIX: Agency and Identity in Building Sustainable Peace 10. Social Organisations: From Victims to Actors in Peace Building - Isabel Coral Cordero 11. The Challenge to Inequality: Women, Discrimination and Decision-making in Northern Ireland - Marie Mulholland 12. Gender and Social Capital in Contexts of Political Violence: Community Perceptions from Colombia and Guatemala - Caroline O. N. Moser and Cathy McIlwaine PART SEVEN: Gender and Voice in Truth and Reconciliation 13. Locked into Loss and Silence: Testimonies of Gender and Violence at the South Africa Truth Commission - Antjie Krog Bibliography Index ==================================== Copies of new Zed titles announced through this list may be ordered by mail order by academic customers in the UK, Europe and elsewhere, postage and packing free. (Customers in the USA and Canada, please see below.) Please send your order by email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or by post, phone or fax to: Margaret Ling, Academic Marketing Manager, Zed Books 7 Cynthia Street, London N1 9JF, UK Tel +44 (0)20 7837 8466 Fax +44 (0)20 7833 3960 quoting your full institutional address for despatch, and payment details (VISA or Mastercard number, expiry date and registration address, sterling cheque or bank draft). 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