Women’s Movements and International Organizations

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Assessing International Relations Theory: Nonstate Actors, Change and Gender

   • Deborah Stienstra

   Pages 1-21

3. Nonstate Actors, Change and Gender: A Framework for Analysis

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   Pages 22-42

4. Challenging Gender Relations at the International Level, 1840–1920

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   Pages 43-61

5. Institutionalizing Gender Relations in International Organizations, 1920–70

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   Pages 62-90

6. Making Global Connections Among Women, 1970–90

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   Pages 91-117

7. Shifting the Focus on Women in the United Nations, 1970–90

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   Pages 118-144

8. Conclusions: Global Women’s Movements and International Organizations

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   Pages 145-159

9. Back Matter

   Pages 160-201

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Using 150 years of women's history, this book details how women have organized into global movements which have shaped and challenged how international organizations consider gender. It argues that traditional ways of analysing international relations have ignored women's contributions because their tools are gender-exclusive. After developing a gender analysis, this book brings to light many contributions from women's movements especially related to the League of Nations and United Nations, and puts these in the context of changes in the global political economy.

• gender
• international organizations
• international relations
• political economy
• United Nations
• women

• Department of Political Science, University of Winnipeg, Canada

  Deborah Stienstra

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