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Intelligent compassion [electronic resource] : The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and feminist peace / Catia Cecilia Confortini.
Series: Oxford studies in gender and international relations: Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780199979875 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Women and peace -- History -- 20th century | Women's International League for Peace and FreedomAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780199845231DDC classification: 303.66 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This book traces changes in ideas and policies of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF - the longest-living international women's peace organization) from 1945 to 1975. Focusing on three areas of the organization's work (disarmament, decolonization, and the conflict in Israel/Palestine), the book addresses the agent-structure problem in international relations, specifically asking to what extent activists can transcend the practices of their era given that they are also shaped by them.| Item type | Current library | Copy number | Status | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
This book traces changes in ideas and policies of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF - the longest-living international women's peace organization) from 1945 to 1975. Focusing on three areas of the organization's work (disarmament, decolonization, and the conflict in Israel/Palestine), the book addresses the agent-structure problem in international relations, specifically asking to what extent activists can transcend the practices of their era given that they are also shaped by them.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 24, 2012).
Includes bibliographical references and index.