TY - JOUR

T1 - From Unity to Divergence and Back Again

T2 - Security and Economy in Feminist International Relations

AU - Sjoberg, Laura

PY - 2015/6/8

Y1 - 2015/6/8

N2 - This brief essay contends that looking at the space where “security” and “political economy” questions intersect is one of the most fruitful directions for researchers in the field, and provides a value-added over the analysis that either “lens” would provide individually. The piece uses an example from my research on prostitution of male members of the US military to explore the utility of understanding the interlocked nature of security and political economy in feminist scholarship on global politics, politically, analytically, intellectually, and normatively. It concludes by arguing that a re-unification of FSS and FPE is a productive and intellectually essential direction.

AB - This brief essay contends that looking at the space where “security” and “political economy” questions intersect is one of the most fruitful directions for researchers in the field, and provides a value-added over the analysis that either “lens” would provide individually. The piece uses an example from my research on prostitution of male members of the US military to explore the utility of understanding the interlocked nature of security and political economy in feminist scholarship on global politics, politically, analytically, intellectually, and normatively. It concludes by arguing that a re-unification of FSS and FPE is a productive and intellectually essential direction.

KW - feminist IR

KW - gender

KW - gender studies

KW - international political economy

KW - feminist political economy

KW - feminist security studies

KW - security studies

U2 - 10.1017/S1743923X15000112

DO - 10.1017/S1743923X15000112

M3 - Article

VL - 11

SP - 408

EP - 413

JO - Politics & Gender

JF - Politics & Gender

SN - 1743-923X

IS - 2

ER -