Women, the State, and War: A Comparative Perspective on Citizenship and Nationalism

Women, the State, and War looks at the intersection of gender, citizenship, and nationalism; marriage, intermarriage, and how states gender that relationship; and the ways in which women are used as symbols to reinforce or further nationalistic goals. Women have long struggled with issues of citizenship, identity, and the challenge of being recognized as equal members of the community. Governments use feminine imagery (e.g., mother country) to create a national identity, while simultaneously minimizing the role that women play as productive contributors to the society. Authors Joyce P. Kaufman and Kristen P. Williams examine the relationship of government and women in four different countries: the United States, Israel, the former Yugoslavia, and Northern Ireland. In each case, numerous similarities appear: conflict plays a significant role in the definition of citizenship for women; women's movements have worked in contradiction to the state; and citizenship and marriage are gendered undertakings.

Politics & Social Sciences

Kaufman Whittier College, Joyce P.

Williams Clark University, Kristen P.

Women's Studies

Lexington Books

Product Description 
Now in a fully updated edition that goes through the Trump administration and the election and formative period of the Biden administration, this compact and accessible introduction offers a historical perspective on the evolution of U.S. foreign policy from the founding of the country to the present. Joyce P. Kaufman provides students and general readers with a clear and concise understanding of key foreign-policy decisions and why they were made. She identifies the major themes that have guided foreign policy and the reasons that the United States pursued certain policies in the context of specific periods in the nation’s history. Kaufman focuses on the major actors involved in the making of foreign policy and the changing relationships among them. She also explains the major theoretical perspectives within international relations and contextualizes key foreign policy decisions as they fit these frameworks. This edition puts a particular focus on the creation of Cold War foreign policy, and why the end of the Cold War has continued to be such a challenge to the United States. Kaufman concludes with a look at the challenges the United States will continue to face, including existential threats such as climate change and disease, and how Americans can be prepared to address them. 
 Review 
More than simply a summary of key events, Kaufman’s book offers a readable, comprehensive, and analytically sound interpretation of the events and themes that have characterized the history and politics of American foreign policy since this country’s founding. Among other revisions, the new edition provides a sobering description of the human costs of continental expansion by adding a section on the government’s forced relocation of Native Americans in the Southeast to territories west of the Mississippi River. Updated to include Biden’s first one hundred days in office, the book includes an unsparing account of the Trump presidency—from Russian involvement in the 2016 election to Trump’s upending of policies and policy-making processes that had governed American foreign policy since the end of World War II. The new edition includes chronologies of key events and links to important primary documents, both of which will prove useful to undergraduates—as will the rest of this excellent volume. -- Bernard J. Firestone, Hofstra University\nThis invaluable book provides a concise but comprehensive march through the history of U.S. foreign policy. Kaufman has a keen eye and the ability to pull out relevant and informative examples to illustrate the evolution of U.S. policies and priorities. Moreover, she offers readers the vocabulary and theoretical tools to understand the forces that have shaped U.S. policy over time. 
The new edition deftly covers the unorthodox presidency of Donald Trump—which raised many questions about the United States’ role in the world—and lays out the challenges facing the Biden administration. Kaufman also continues to explore the evolving nature of the U.S. national interest and the threats facing the United States, including COVID-19. The book’s questions and case studies are thought-provoking and will almost certainly translate into lively debates in the classroom and over the dinner table. -- Melissa C. Will, Purdue University 
 About the Author 
Joyce P. Kaufman is professor emerita of political science at Whittier College. Her books include Introduction to International Relations: Theory and Practice.

A Concise History of U.S. Foreign Policy

History

Americas

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Now in a fully updated edition that goes through the Trump administration and the election and formative period of the Biden administration, this compact and accessible introduction offers a historical perspective on the evolution of U.S. foreign policy from the founding of the country to the present. Joyce P. Kaufman provides students and general readers with a clear and concise understanding of key foreign-policy decisions and why they were made. She identifies the major themes that have guided foreign policy and the reasons that the United States pursued certain policies in the context of specific periods in the nation's history. Kaufman focuses on the major actors involved in the making of foreign policy and the changing relationships among them. She also explains the major theoretical perspectives within international relations and contextualizes key foreign policy decisions as they fit these frameworks. This edition puts a particular focus on the creation of Cold War foreign policy, and why the end of the Cold War has continued to be such a challenge to the United States. Kaufman concludes with a look at the threat that the United States is facing and will continue to face, including existential threats such as climate change and disease, and how Americans can be prepared to face them.

A Concise History of U.S. Foreign Policy, Fifth Edition

Review\nKaufman provides a theory-informed introduction to international relations hitting all the conceptual constructs that define a mainstream approach to this field…. Historically grounded and theoretically informed, this work references important contributors to the field over the past century, laying the groundwork for deeper exploration in any given area. It is a perfect introduction to the field. Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and general readers. ― Choice Reviews\nKaufman has written a very accessible, comprehensive, and updated text that students will find extremely valuable. Beginning with the question, “Why study IR?”, the book introduces readers to international relations theories and approaches (realism, liberalism, constructivism, Marxism, and feminist IR) as well as the levels of analysis framework. The theories and levels of analysis are woven throughout the subsequent chapters that address the major conceptual areas of IR: the nation-state and war/peace, factors within the state, and non-state actors. The final chapter utilizes these tools to analyze four contemporary in-depth case studies—environmental protection; migration; women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda; and China. -- Kristen Williams, Clark University\nKaufman delivers an excellent edition on international relations theory and practice, capturing the changing realities of international politics and demonstrating that adjustments to theory are critical to grasping them. Kaufman clearly addresses complex theoretical constructs needed to properly study and analyze international relations and highlights their relevance for understanding contemporary dilemmas. Introduction to International Relations is a welcome contribution to the current relevance and significance of international relation theories and practice. -- Gregory Freeland, California Lutheran University\nI have been using various editions of Joyce Kaufman’s Introduction to International Relations since it first published, and I continue using this book because it remains clear, concise, current, easy to understand, and affordable. Kaufman deftly manages to combine levels of analysis, concise summaries of competing theories, box text excerpts of famous cases and classic statements, and up-to-date coverage of recent developments like global climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. I’m confident my students are engaging with this book because I see references to it on almost every written assignment they submit. It’s hard to introduce a broad and contested field like IR in one succinct textbook, but Kaufman pulls it off admirably and provides us with a solid foundation for enthusiastically introducing our students to world politics. -- Scott Pegg, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis\nThis clear and concise text introduces four key theoretical frameworks that form the foundation of international relations—realism, liberalism, constructivism, and feminist theory—and uses levels of analysis as the primary unifying force to explain contemporary global politics. Cases on climate change; gender, peace, and security; migration; and the rise of China illustrate Kaufman's approach.\nThe third edition explains core issues in international relations, such as the interaction of nations in a globalized world; the growing threat posed by non-state actors and civil conflicts; and the need for countries to work together to counter what have been called “existential crises,” such as climate change, which threaten human lives and the planet. Significant revisions focus on discussion of democratic backsliding, the Covid-19 pandemic, cyberterrorism and cyberwar, changes to the European Union, and expanded coverage of international political economy.

Introduction to International Relations: Theory and Practice

Politics & Government

Review\nKaufman provides a theory-informed introduction to international relations hitting all the conceptual constructs that define a mainstream approach to this field…. Historically grounded and theoretically informed, this work references important contributors to the field over the past century, laying the groundwork for deeper exploration in any given area. It is a perfect introduction to the field. Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and general readers. ― Choice\nKaufman has written a very accessible, comprehensive, and updated text that students will find extremely valuable. Beginning with the question, “Why study IR?”, the book introduces readers to international relations theories and approaches (realism, liberalism, constructivism, Marxism, and feminist IR) as well as the levels of analysis framework. The theories and levels of analysis are woven throughout the subsequent chapters that address the major conceptual areas of IR: the nation-state and war/peace, factors within the state, and non-state actors. The final chapter utilizes these tools to analyze four contemporary in-depth case studies—environmental protection; migration; women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda; and China. -- Kristen Williams, Clark University\nKaufman delivers an excellent edition on international relations theory and practice, capturing the changing realities of international politics and demonstrating that adjustments to theory are critical to grasping them. Kaufman clearly addresses complex theoretical constructs needed to properly study and analyze international relations and highlights their relevance for understanding contemporary dilemmas. Introduction to International Relations is a welcome contribution to the current relevance and significance of international relation theories and practice. -- Gregory Freeland, California Lutheran University\nI have been using various editions of Joyce Kaufman’s Introduction to International Relations since it first published, and I continue using this book because it remains clear, concise, current, easy to understand, and affordable. Kaufman deftly manages to combine levels of analysis, concise summaries of competing theories, box text excerpts of famous cases and classic statements, and up-to-date coverage of recent developments like global climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. I’m confident my students are engaging with this book because I see references to it on almost every written assignment they submit. It’s hard to introduce a broad and contested field like IR in one succinct textbook, but Kaufman pulls it off admirably and provides us with a solid foundation for enthusiastically introducing our students to world politics. -- Scott Pegg, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis\nThis clear and concise text introduces four key theoretical frameworks that form the foundation of international relations—realism, liberalism, constructivism, and feminist theory—and uses levels of analysis as the primary unifying force to explain contemporary global politics. Cases on climate change; gender, peace, and security; migration; and the rise of China illustrate Kaufman's approach.\nThe third edition explains core issues in international relations, such as the interaction of nations in a globalized world; the growing threat posed by non-state actors and civil conflicts; and the need for countries to work together to counter what have been called “existential crises,” such as climate change, which threaten human lives and the planet. Significant revisions focus on discussion of democratic backsliding, the Covid-19 pandemic, cyberterrorism and cyberwar, changes to the European Union, and expanded coverage of international political economy.

Introduction to International Relations: Theory and Practice, Third Edition

Kaufman and Williams present critical issues in international relations through an intersectional approach that examines race, gender, class, ethnicity, and power to arrive at better explanations for such core IR issues as war and peace, security, human rights, development and international political economy, and the global environment. Their approach builds on early calls amongst feminist IR theorists, imploring "Where are the women?" It is only fairly recently that students of IR have broadened the approach to the field to incorporate the dimensions of race, ethnicity, and class as well as gender. Kaufman and Williams help guide readers exploring questions like: How does gender matter for understanding war and peace? How does race matter? Where are the men? What is intersectionality in IR? How does an intersectional approach change or broaden our understanding of international relations?

Gender, Race, and Power: Examining IR through an Intersectional Lens

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Women, the State, and War: A Comparative Perspective on Citizenship and Nationalism

Women, the State, and War: A Comparative Perspective on Citizenship and Nationalism

A Concise History of U.S. Foreign Policy

A Concise History of U.S. Foreign Policy, Fifth Edition

Introduction to International Relations: Theory and Practice

Introduction to International Relations: Theory and Practice, Third Edition

Gender, Race, and Power: Examining IR through an Intersectional Lens