The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Conflict, Ni Aolain, Fionnuala; Cahn, Naomi; Haynes, Dina Fr

Gender and the Political Economy of Conflict in Africa explores the persistence of violence in conflict zones in Africa using a political economy framework. This framework employs an analysis of violence on both edges of the spectrum--a macro-economic analysis of violence against workers and a micro-political analysis of the violence in women's reproductive lives. These analyses come together to create a new explanation of why violence persists, a new political economy of violence against women, and a new theoretical understanding of the relation between production and reproduction. Three case studies are discussed: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (violence in an era of conflict), Sierra Leone (violence post-conflict), and Tanzania (which has not seen armed conflict on the mainland).

This book fills a significant gap on the political economy of war and women/gender for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as researchers in African Studies, Gender Studies, and Peace and Conflict Studies.

Rachel Woodward and Claire Duncanson

Part 1 Conceptual approaches

- Liberal feminist approaches - Caroline Kennedy-Pipe (University of Hull) or Laura M. Miller (RAND, Washington DC)

- Radical and anti-militarism feminism - Cynthia Cockburn (independent scholar, UK) or Cynthia Enloe (Clark University) or Claire Duncanson (University of Edinburgh)

- Institutional approaches - Marina Nuciari (University of Turin and Italian Defence Academy)

- Organisational sociological approaches - Helena Carreriras (University Institute of Lisbon) or Christopher Dandeker (Kings College London)

- Intersections of gender and sexuality - Melissa Embser-Herbert (University of New Brunswick)

- Narrative approaches to gender and militarised security - Annick Wibben, University of San Francisco

Part 2 Exploring state militaries

- Sexualities in the British armed forces - Sarah Bulmer (University of Exeter)

- Intimate partner abuse in military households - Harriet Gray (London School of Economics)

- Civilian wives of British military personnel based overseas - Alex Hyde (London School of Economics)

- Military identities amongst deserters from the Zimbabwean armed forces - Godfrey Maringara (University of the Western Cape, South Africa)

- War resistance in apartheid South Africa - Daniel Conway (Loughborough University)

- The recruitment of women in the transition of the Swedish armed forces from conscription to an all-volunteer force - Emma Jonsson (Swedish National Defence College)

- Transgender personnel in the US military - Aaron Belkin (Palm Centre, San Fransisco State University)

- Military masculinities in the Norwegian defence forces - Nina Rones (Norwegian Defence University College and Norwegian School of Sport Sciences)

- Gender and the recruitment of Commonwealth personnel in the UK - Vron Ware (University of Kingston)

- Gender and gender-based violence in the Australian defence forces - Ben Wadham (Finders University)

- Gender and mental health amongst military personnel - Charlotte Woodhead et al (Kings College London)

- The Falklands War and its aftermath for veterans and their families - Helen Parr (University of Keele)

- Gender, masculinities and conscientious objection in the Second World War - Wendy Ugolini (University of Edinburgh) or Temperate masculinities in the Second World War - Sonya Rose (University of Warwick)

Part 3 State militaries in action