This article offers a gender perspective on peace education, investigating how socializing young boys and girls is often different when teaching them concepts of care, empathy, and violence. By addressing themes of…
An interesting chapter that establishes the groundwork for one other source in this bibliographic resource list: See Gomes and Marques (2021). In sum, the chapter offers a theoretical debate on how security is studied…
This article aligns with a conventional IR perception of peace. Peace exists in democratic states where communication, transparency, and competitive elections are promoted. Ultimately, the article depicts peace as a…
This article echoes a larger scholarly debate about The Copenhagen School – also known as the securitization theory. See this bibliographic resource: Wæver (1995). To some extent, it defends and improves the theory to…
This article analyses the nexus between theory and practical action. More specifically, Huysmans uses the term “thick signifier” to indicate a term whose definition is not implicitly given, but rather constructed; the…
This article examines the nexus between security and peace, explaining how methods to achieve peace that go through military action are actually a source of insecurity for women. While Arostegui acknowledges the…
This article constitutes a pivotal point in the establishment of critical theory, and specifically feminist theory, in the field of International Relations theory. More specifically, Tickner clearly states how the lack…
This article interestingly explores the reaction of students to Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis and how readers particularly feel the anti-war message of the book because of the empathy the protagonist inspires. This is…
This article highlights the severe lack of queer perspective in security studies, which is an essential element of peacebuilding. More specifically, Hagen examines the UN Security Council Resolution 1325, acknowledging…
This article illustrates the contrasting perspectives of US and Iran on Iran’s possible acquisition of nuclear power status, highlighting how the idea of security is both reinforced and challenged by this possibility,…