Intelligent compassion : The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and feminist peace / [electronic resource]
by Confortini, Catia Cecilia.
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BookSeries: Oxford studies in gender and international relations: Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780199979875 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Women's International League for Peace and Freedom | Women and peace -- History -- 20th centuryOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This book traces changes in ideas and policies of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF - the longest-living international women's peace organization) from 1945 to 1975. Focusing on three areas of the organization's work (disarmament, decolonization, and the conflict in Israel/Palestine), the book addresses the agent-structure problem in international relations, specifically asking to what extent activists can transcend the practices of their era given that they are also shaped by them.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book traces changes in ideas and policies of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF - the longest-living international women's peace organization) from 1945 to 1975. Focusing on three areas of the organization's work (disarmament, decolonization, and the conflict in Israel/Palestine), the book addresses the agent-structure problem in international relations, specifically asking to what extent activists can transcend the practices of their era given that they are also shaped by them.
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