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Abstract

Although Security has been dominated by Realist traditions, we are seeing the rise of Feminist Security Studies. This dissertation argues that Feminist Security Studies allows us to conceptualise, think through, and critically analyse security from a radically different viewpoint that Realism misses. They way in which we will show this, is through two research questions. The first one will demonstrate that despite the ways in which security denies the importance of gender, we can clearly see how the state engages in and actively uses gender in the security context. Secondly, we will show how contra to Realism’s claims that the state is the ultimate provider of security, Feminist Security Studies shows us that the state is actually more culpable of engendering insecurity. Overall, the dissertation works to show that Feminist Security Studies allows us to see that the state is gendered and that the state uses gender to perpetuate insecurity for civilians

Course: International Relations and Politics - BA (Hons) - C0694

Date Deposited: 2024-05-15

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