Gender and Diplomacy (Routledge New Diplomacy Studies)
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (952 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073RP23VT |
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| Number of Pages | : | 485 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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At a time when our profession matters more than ever, it is an important and thought-provoking reading for practitioners and students of international affairs alike.' -- Niall Burgess, Secretary General, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 'Gender and Diplomacy offers a fascinating and long overdue analysis of the role of gender in diplomacy. In addition to providing valuable research material, this book should be an inspiration both for women hammering at glass ceilings and for foreign ministries and multilateral institutions grappling with the barriers t
This volume provides a detailed discussion of the role of women in diplomacy and a global narrative of their current and historical role within it. The last century has seen the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFAs) experience seismic shifts in their policies concerning the entry, role and agency of women within their institutional make-up. The aims of are three-fold: 1) expose and confront the gender of diplomacy; 2) shed light on the historical involvement of women in diplomatic practice in spite of systemic barriers and restrictions, with a focus on critical junctures of diplomatic institutional formation and the diplomatic entitlements which were created for women at these junctures; 3) examine the current state of women in diplomacy and evaluate the rate of progress towards a gender-even playing field on the basis thereof. This book will be of much interest to students of diplomacy studies, gender studies, foreign policy and international relations.. Despite these changes, and the promise that true gender equality offers to the diplomatic craft, the role of women in the diplomatic sphere continues to remain overlooked, and placed on the fringes of dip
Jennifer Cassidy is a Doctoral Candidate in International Development at the University of Oxford, UK