Gender and International Relations, Steans Jill

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

This book is positioned within the critical public relations stream. Through the prism of 'gender and public relations', it examines not only the manipulatory, but also the emancipatory, subversive and transformatory potential of public relations for the construction of meaning. Its focus is on the dynamic interrelationships arising from public relations activities in society and the gendered, lived experiences of people working in the occupation of public relations. There are many previously unexplored areas within and through public relations which the book examines. These include:

• the production of social meaning and power relations
• advocacy and activist campaigns for social and political change
• the negotiation of identity, diversity and cultural practice
• celebrity, bodies, fashion and harassment in the workplace
• notions of managing reputation and communicating policy.

In extending the field of inquiry, this edited collection highlights how gender is accomplished and transformed, and, thus how power is exercised and inequality (re)produced or challenged in public relations. The book will expand thinking about power relations and privilege for both women and men and how these are affected by the interplay of social, cultural and institutional practices.

Winner of the Outstanding Book PRide Award, awarded by the National Communication Association (NCA).