Gender aspects of terrorism in urban spaces

Abstract: Theoretical development within gender studies and terrorism studies has occurred along the axes of identity, material and spatial power and inequality, and geography. Gender scholars have been concerned with the transformation of oppressive political structures, with increased inequality and understanding how gender structures limit women’s opportunities, and with the role of separate geo-graphical and social spheres in shaping outcomes. Terrorism scholars have con-ceptualized terror as a political process, the result largely of economic inequality and to some extent, gender structures, and they have articulated a role for urban space in conceptualizing interventionist policy to ameliorate the terrorist threat. This paper traces the development of these theoretical traditions, pointing out the thematic similarities, but also the dissimilar objects of inquiry. A review of the scholarship where gender informs terrorism studies points the way to future development of scholarship aroun

Angaben zum Objekt

• Weitere Titel: Geschlecht und Terrorismus in städtischen Räumen
• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Gender aspects of terrorism in urban spaces ; volume:39 ; number:3 ; year:2014 ; pages:100-114 ; Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; Historical social research ; 39, Heft 3 (2014), 100-114

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Politik ; Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Urheber: Keenan, Kevin

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.12759/hsr.39.2014.3.100-114
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-393160
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 14.08.2025, 10:52 MESZ