2018
DOI: 10.1177/0047117818811892
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Theorising feminist foreign policy

Abstract: A growing number of states including Canada, Norway and Sweden have adopted gender and feminist-informed approaches to their foreign and security policies. The overarching aim of this article is to advance a theoretical framework that can enable a thoroughgoing study of these developments. Through a feminist lens, we theorise feminist foreign policy arguing that it is, to all intents and purposes, ethical and argue that existing studies of ethical foreign policy and international conduct are by and large gende… Show more

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“…Feminists have argued that patriarchal gender norms, combined with other global structures such as capitalism, racism, and coloniality, play a role in causing, or at least normalizing and legitimizing, militarism and war (Reardon 1985;Cockburn 2010;Duriesmith 2017a). Based on this understanding, feminist scholars and activists have advocated for changing the content of what is considered to be masculine, and/or eradicating hierarchies of value between and among masculinities and femininities, as a means of undermining militarism and contributing to conflict prevention (e.g., Connell 2002;Otto 2006;Duncanson 2013;Wright 2014;WPP 2015), and propose various visions for an alternative, feminist approach to international politics based on equality, empathy, and solidarity (e.g., Tickner 1992, 127-144;Sylvester 1994;WILPF 2015;Aggestam, Bergman Rosamond, and Kronsell 2019). Not all of those who support increased attention to masculinities in WPS policies and activities hold an anti-militarist position, and I will go on to discuss other arguments that have been made; however, the central concern of this article is what governments' responses to this advocacy tell us about the potential for WPS policies to advance an anti-militarist agenda.…”
Section: Men and Masculinities In Wps: A Present Absencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Feminists have argued that patriarchal gender norms, combined with other global structures such as capitalism, racism, and coloniality, play a role in causing, or at least normalizing and legitimizing, militarism and war (Reardon 1985;Cockburn 2010;Duriesmith 2017a). Based on this understanding, feminist scholars and activists have advocated for changing the content of what is considered to be masculine, and/or eradicating hierarchies of value between and among masculinities and femininities, as a means of undermining militarism and contributing to conflict prevention (e.g., Connell 2002;Otto 2006;Duncanson 2013;Wright 2014;WPP 2015), and propose various visions for an alternative, feminist approach to international politics based on equality, empathy, and solidarity (e.g., Tickner 1992, 127-144;Sylvester 1994;WILPF 2015;Aggestam, Bergman Rosamond, and Kronsell 2019). Not all of those who support increased attention to masculinities in WPS policies and activities hold an anti-militarist position, and I will go on to discuss other arguments that have been made; however, the central concern of this article is what governments' responses to this advocacy tell us about the potential for WPS policies to advance an anti-militarist agenda.…”
Section: Men and Masculinities In Wps: A Present Absencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…De siste årene har et økende antall stater profilert seg som «kvinnevennlige» i utenriks-og bistandspolitikken. Blant landene som har profilert seg tydeligst finner vi Australia, Canada, Storbritannia og Sverige (Aggestam, Bergman Rosamond og Kronsell 2019;Aggestam og Bergman-Rosamond 2016;True 2017). Med Sverige i front har flere av disse landene til og med betegnet utenrikspolitikken sin som «feministisk».…”
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“…For several decades, the country has been pictured as a sterling example when it comes to gender equality – and its social policy ideas have been exported for example through development aid. At the same time, there are paradoxes, as has been noted in relation to its feminist foreign policy (Aggestam et al, 2019). For instance, Sweden is a large exporter of defence material, which has been seen as contradictory to the country’s development aid policy.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%