feminism Flashcards
what is feminist IR theory’s purpose?
the way we view the international system is through the gendered, male dominated assumptions of the discipline which need to chnge
how have women been influential in IR
since before ‘the birth fo international relations’ in 1919 women have formed key groups to talk about international relations
ex. the huague conference and the womens international league for peace or the usfragets plan fro peace which was very similar to wilson’s 14 points
4th debate
the fourth debate in international relations positivism. post positivism
feminism fits into the post positivist debate as gender is ont on objective fat. feminists believe that you need to study gender and international relations in a subjective way, similarly how people view RI is subjective based on their gender or class
what did cynthia enloe say?
‘where are the women’ in an aim to expand the discpline of Ri to encomasss women
when was the first generation of feminist theory
in the 0s and 90s, taking a metatheoretical appraoch challenging mainstream IR theory by arguing gender matters
didnt do much women were still only regarded highly if they fit in the empircal methods
when was the second gen or feminist theorists
the 1990s in which theorists advanced their won research agenda and led to the emergence of
liberal feminism
critical constuctivst feminism
post strucutualist feminism
post colonial feminism
