'Victims, perpetrators and actors' revisited: Exploring the potential for a feminist reconceptualisation of (International) security and (Gender) violence

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-256

  Shepherd, Laura J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Gender; Security; Violence

Indexed keywords

GENDER; NATIONAL SECURITY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34250376850     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2007.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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