Sex and World Peace

by Valerie M. Hudson, Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill, Mary Caprioli, et al.

Book Overview

Sex and World Peace unsettles a variety of assumptions in political and security discourse, demonstrating that the security of women is a vital factor in the security of the state and its incidence of conflict and war.

The authors compare micro-level gender violence and macro-level state peacefulness in global settings, supporting their findings with detailed analyses and color maps. Harnessing an immense amount of data, they call attention...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231131828
• ISBN13: 9780231131827
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher