Female fighters : why rebel groups recruit women for war /

"The presence of women combatants on the battlefield--especially in large numbers--strikes many observers as a notable departure from the historical norm. Yet women have played significant active roles in many contemporary armed rebellions. Over recent decades, numerous resistance movements in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wood, Reed (Reed M.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Women and war.
Women revolutionaries.
Insurgency.
Women > Political activity.
Femmes et guerre.
Femmes révolutionnaires.
Révoltes.
Femmes > Activité politique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Insurgency
Women and war
Women > Political activity
Women revolutionaries
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Why rebels mobilize women for war
  • The strategic implications of female fighters
  • Female combatants in three civil wars
  • Empirical evaluation of female combatant prevalence
  • Empirical evaluation of the effects of female combatants
  • Conclusion : understanding women's participation in armed resistance
  • Appendix A : version history
  • Appendix B : examples of coding narratives from ward
  • Appendix C : survey wording and instrument.

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