Understanding the European Union as a Global Gender Actor : The Holistic Intersectional and Inclusive Study of Gender+ in External Actions
(2020) In Political Studies Review 18(3). p.410-425- Abstract
- This article assesses the study of gender equality policies in European Union external actions with a focus on the theoretical and empirical routes to understanding the field in times of crises. It argues that the emerging body of literature on gender in European Union external relations makes it possible to explain, understand, and judge the European Union in global politics by rethinking the nature of power from a gender perspective. The article then argues that to develop gender and European Union external relations in its next decade, it is necessary to rethink the study of the European Union as a global gender actor. This encompasses a reassessment of the ‘European Union’, ‘gender’, and the ‘global’, as well as the development of a... (More)
- This article assesses the study of gender equality policies in European Union external actions with a focus on the theoretical and empirical routes to understanding the field in times of crises. It argues that the emerging body of literature on gender in European Union external relations makes it possible to explain, understand, and judge the European Union in global politics by rethinking the nature of power from a gender perspective. The article then argues that to develop gender and European Union external relations in its next decade, it is necessary to rethink the study of the European Union as a global gender actor. This encompasses a reassessment of the ‘European Union’, ‘gender’, and the ‘global’, as well as the development of a holistic macro-, meso-, and micro-analysis. The article concludes by proposing a distinctive theoretical and methodological approach which involves a holistic intersectional and inclusive study of gender+ in European Union external actions. (Less)
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- author
- Manners, Ian LU
- publishing date
- 2020-04-08
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- European Union, gender, external actions, intersectional, inclusive
- in
- Political Studies Review
- volume
- 18
- issue
- 3
- article number
- 7
- pages
- 16 pages
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85083196273
- ISSN
- 1478-9299
- DOI
- 10.1177/1478929919899345
- project
- Arrival of Normative Power in Planetary Politics
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- Special Issue: Gender Equality in European Union’s External Relations in Times of Crisis
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- 2021-02-18 20:44:35
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