Review: Gendered States
| Author | Deborah Stienstra |
| Published date | 01 December 1993 |
| Date | 01 December 1993 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070209304800415 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
790
INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL
this collection
will
be
of
some
use
in
generating
classroom
debate. The
case-studies
are
rich
in
detail
and
sensitive
to
the
complex
web
of
incen-
tives
and
constraints enveloping
key
actors.
For
the
neophyte,
however,
the
microscopic detail
may
be
insufficient
-
a
thoughtful
exchange
on
a
dispute
under
the
General
Agreement
on
Tariffs
and
Trade
is
unlikely
without
some
awareness
of
the
broader
issues
involved
in
international
trade
theory.
For
those lacking
the
requisite
background,
some
theo-
retical
and
historical
context
at
the
start
of
each
case
would
have
been
useful
-
as
might
a
thematic
rather
than
a
chronological
arrangement
of
the
material.
Instructors
should
also
note
that
these
unadorned
case-studies
are
unlikely
to
spark discussion
in
their
classrooms
about
the
big
questions
underpinning
most ethical
controversies
in
international
affairs
-
the
nature
of
the
state,
justifications for
sovereignty,
and
the
like.
This
is
not
necessarily
a
shortcoming,
of
course. Where
ethics are
concerned,
discussion
often
drifts
airily
from
one
lofty
idea
to
the
next, and
Seeking
Justice
does
focus
the
mind
on
hard
facts
and concrete
events.
But
it
does
so
at
some
cost.
For
it
is,
in
my
view,
works
that
draw
together
theory and
evidence
and
are
not
afraid to take
a
stand
which
really
bring students
to
life.
By
sticking
a
bit
too
rigidly to
the
bare
facts,
this
volume
falls
short
of
that
commendable target.
Paul
Howe/Vancouver
GENDERED
STATES
Feminist
(re)visions
of
international
relations
Edited
by
V.
Spike
Peterson
Boulder
co:
Lynne
Rienner,
1992,
xiv,
224pp,
US$
3
2.oo
cloth,
US$16.
9 5
paper
This collection
is
a
welcome
addition
to
international
relations
theory
literature.
It
offers
several
answers
to
the
questions:
How
can
we
take
gender
seriously?
What
difference
does
gender
make? Most
of
the
essays
focus
on
feminist
critiques
and re-interpretations
of
the
state,
sovereignty,
obedience,
security,
and
revolution.
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