The women in blue helmets : gender, policing, and the UN's first all-female peacekeeping unit / Lesley J. Pruitt.

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Pruitt, Lesley J [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]Description: 1 online resource (ix, 163 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780520964716
0520964713

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Women in blue helmets.DDC classification:

355.3/57 23

LOC classification:

JZ5578 .P78 2016

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Contents:

FFPU in global context -- A brief history of how the FFPU emerged from Indian policing -- Women at work: securing the peace -- Two steps forward and one step back? political economy, women, and violence -- Who's afraid of the girls? -- One size fits some?

Summary: "The Women in Blue Helmets tells the story of the first all-female police unit deployed by India to the UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia in January 2007. Lesley J. Pruitt investigates how the unit was originated, developed, and implemented, offering an important historical record of this unique initiative. Examining precedents in policing in the troop-contributing country and recent developments in policing in the host country, the book offers contextually rich examination of all-female units, explores the potential benefits of and challenges to women's participation in peacekeeping, and illuminates broader questions about the relationship between gender, peace, and security."--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The Women in Blue Helmets tells the story of the first all-female police unit deployed by India to the UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia in January 2007. Lesley J. Pruitt investigates how the unit was originated, developed, and implemented, offering an important historical record of this unique initiative. Examining precedents in policing in the troop-contributing country and recent developments in policing in the host country, the book offers contextually rich examination of all-female units, explores the potential benefits of and challenges to women's participation in peacekeeping, and illuminates broader questions about the relationship between gender, peace, and security."--Provided by publisher.

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