Gender Neutral? Revisiting UN Cold War Peacekeeping

Gender Neutral? Revisiting UN Cold War Peacekeeping

Scholarship has not explored gender in relation to Cold War United Nations peacekeeping. I argue that this is far more problematic than a cursory glance would suggest. It has, I contend, important implications for UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding projects in the different ‘mission areas’ and their...

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Autor principal: Martin Ottoway Jørgensen
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Publicado: The Royal Danish Library 2018
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a30e83511ada478a8fc40a59e8a716672021-12-01T00:04:35ZGender Neutral? Revisiting UN Cold War Peacekeeping10.7146/kkf.v27i2-3.1110602245-6937https://doaj.org/article/a30e83511ada478a8fc40a59e8a716672018-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://tidsskrift.dk/KKF/article/view/111060https://doaj.org/toc/2245-6937 Scholarship has not explored gender in relation to Cold War United Nations peacekeeping. I argue that this is far more problematic than a cursory glance would suggest. It has, I contend, important implications for UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding projects in the different ‘mission areas’ and their scholarly critiques, thus limiting the potential for profound change in how we go about both. By way of an analysis that begins to explore how gender informed the workings of the first UN peacekeeping operation in its ‘mission area’, I point to ways in which scholars can engage in challenging the status quo by historicising and gendering the undertakings of the UN in its multiple and diverse ‘mission areas’. In doing so, I link neoliberalism to the deeper dynamics of inter-imperial modes of governance, which have never quite faded. Martin Ottoway JørgensenThe Royal Danish LibraryarticlePeacekeepinggenderhistoryspaceinterdisciplinarySocial SciencesHDAENNBSVKvinder, Køn & Forskning, Vol 27, Iss 2-3 (2018)
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gender
history
space
interdisciplinary
Social Sciences
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spellingShingle Peacekeeping
gender
history
space
interdisciplinary
Social Sciences
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Martin Ottoway Jørgensen
Gender Neutral? Revisiting UN Cold War Peacekeeping
description Scholarship has not explored gender in relation to Cold War United Nations peacekeeping. I argue that this is far more problematic than a cursory glance would suggest. It has, I contend, important implications for UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding projects in the different ‘mission areas’ and their scholarly critiques, thus limiting the potential for profound change in how we go about both. By way of an analysis that begins to explore how gender informed the workings of the first UN peacekeeping operation in its ‘mission area’, I point to ways in which scholars can engage in challenging the status quo by historicising and gendering the undertakings of the UN in its multiple and diverse ‘mission areas’. In doing so, I link neoliberalism to the deeper dynamics of inter-imperial modes of governance, which have never quite faded.
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