Revisiting gendered states: feminist imaginings of the state in international relations

Two decades ago, V. Spike Peterson published a book titled 'Gendered States' in which she asked, what difference does gender make in international relations and the construction of the sovereign state system? This text aims to connect the earlier debates of Peterson's work with the gendered state today, one that exists within a globalized and increasingly securitized world. Including scholars from international relations, postcolonial studies, and development studies, this volume examines the various ways in which gender explains the construction and interplay of modern states in international relations and global politics.

Introduction : feminist imaginings of 21st century gendered states / Swati Parashar, J. Ann Tickner, and Jacqui True -- Rethinking the state in international relations : a personal reflection / J. Ann Tickner -- Bringing back gendered states : feminist second image theorizing of international relations / Jacqui True -- Manly states and feminist foreign policy : revisiting the liberal state as an agent of change / David Duriesmith -- Rescuing the state? : sovereignty, identity, and the gendered re-articulation of the state / Christine Agius -- Gendered state assemblages and temporary labor migration : the case of Sri Lanka / Samanthi J. Gunawardana -- Mother Russia in queer peril : the gender logic of the hypermasculine state / Cai Wilkinson -- A global South state's challenge to gendered global cultures of peacekeeping / Lesley J. Pruitt -- The gendered state and the emergence of a post-conflict, post-disaster semi-autonomous form of state (Aceh, Indonesia) / Katrina Lee-Koo -- The postcolonial/emotional state : mother India's response to her deviant Maoist children / Swati Parashar -- Violence and gender politics in forming the proto-state "Islamic state" / Katherine E. Brown -- Afterwards / Christine Sylvester