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Description

1. xii, 266 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

1. This book is a comparative examination of women's presence in senior national security positions in the United States executive branch. It looks at four appointees in the United States since 1980: Jeane Kirkpatrick during the Reagan years, Madeleine Albright in the Clinton era, Condoleezza Rice during the George W. Bush presidency, and Hillary Rodham Clinton in the first Obama mandate. It explores the extent to which each of these women was able to fully participate in a domain long dominated by men, focusing in particular on the extent to which each shaped foreign policy in meaningful ways. The author looks particularly at two specific phenomena: first, the influence of female decision-makers,notably their ability to make measurable difference to the understanding and practice of national security policy; and second, leaders' actions with respect to matters of war and women's rights. The track records of these four women reveal not just a consistent willingness to pursue muscular,aggressive approaches to international relations, but also widely divergent views about feminism.

Series statement

1. Oxford studies in gender and international relations

Uniform title

1. Oxford studies in gender and international relations.

Subject

1. United States
2. National security
3. Women diplomats
4. National security > United States
5. United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
6. Clinton, Hillary Rodham
7. Since 1981
8. Women diplomats > United States
9. Rice, Condoleezza, 1954-
10. United States > Foreign relations > Decision making
11. Albright, Madeleine Korbel
12. United States > Foreign relations > 1981-1989
13. Kirkpatrick, Jeane J
14. Women cabinet officers > United States
15. Diplomatic relations

Contents

1. Introduction -- Interpreting women, war, and feminism -- Hawk in the cold war twilight -- Taking charge of the new world disorder -- Pre-emption in the wake of 9/11 -- Women's security as national security -- Conclusion.

Call number

1. JFE 19-592

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Bashevkin, Sylvia B., author.

Title

1. Women as foreign policy leaders : national security and gender politics in superpower America / Sylvia Bashevkin.

Publisher

1. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Oxford studies in gender and international relations
2. Oxford studies in gender and international relations.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological term

1. Since 1981

Other form:

1. Online version: Bashevkin, Sylvia B. Women as foreign policy leaders. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018 9780190875381 (DLC) 2018000702

LCCN

1. 2017055645

ISBN

1. 9780190875374 hardcover ; alkaline paper
2. 0190875372 hardcover ; alkaline paper

Research call number

1. JFE 19-592