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Gender, Resistance and Human Security

Department of Political Science, University of Tromsø, Norway, gunhildh{at}sv.uit.no

Kirsti Stuvøy

Department of Political Science, University of Tromsø, Norway, kirstis{at}sv.uit.no

In the debate on human security, the leading question for many is ‘where do we go from here?’ Through this article, the authors contribute to the discussion by exploring both the extent to which gender approaches have been relevant to the human security debate thus far and how they can offer some directions forward. They argue that gender approaches deliver more credence and substance to a wider security concept, but also enable a theoretical conceptualization more reflective of security concerns that emanate from the ‘bottom up’. The authors therefore incorporate gender theory to develop human security as an epistemological perspective to security studies. Gender theory claims that security must be linked to empowerment of the individual, as well as to the capabilities to create positive environments of security. They employ the tool of resistance as one crucial example of human agency in security. Practices of resistance, in the latter’s various empirical forms, are present in all social contexts. Such a perspective on security directs attention to the practices of agents and provides a basis for exploring contextually dependent insecurities and securities.

Key Words: security • human security • gender • resistance • dominance/non-dominance

Security Dialogue, Vol. 37, No. 2, 207-228 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0967010606066436


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