 How effective is gender mainstreaming in international peace and security policymaking?Jacqui True Chapter 58 in Handbook on Gender in World Politics, 2026, pp 385-391 from Edward Elgar Publishing Abstract: I open this chapter with a reminder of the complexities of both the concepts of gender and violence and especially their interaction. I offer a selective feminist portrait of the development of the concept of gender drawing particular attention to the changing ordering of sex and gender depending on the legitimacy awarded to social construction. The central puzzle I reflect on in the chapter is about imagined feminist futures and present ‘failures’ in the context of world politics. I move to ponder this in the light of some contemporary events which, for feminist thinkers, offer starkly clear illustrations of the deep links between gender and politics, not least the politics of gendered violence – though without feminist intellectual tools, those links become harder, even impossible to discern. I conclude with an appeal to keep gender open as a question rather than to assume its content. Given the vast archives of theory around gender, the current contradictory attacks on this concept – and the rights and values associated with its feminist use; whatever the reasons for its current troubling character, gender more than ever deserves our very close attention. Keywords: Gendered Violence; Feminist Futures; Theorising Gender; Relationship Sex and Gender (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:elg:eechap:21594_58 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Chapters from Edward Elgar Publishing |
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