Female soldiers in Sierra Leone [electronic resource] : sex, security, and post-conflict development / Megan H. MacKenzie.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The new feminist international relations / Christine Sylvester -- Introduction: Conjugal order and insecurity post-conflict -- The history of sex, order, and conflict in Sierra Leone -- Defining soldiers -- Empowerment boom or bust? Assessing women's post-armed conflict empowerment initiatives -- Securitization and desecuritization: female soldiers and the reconstruction of women -- Securitizing sex? Rethinking wartime sexual violence -- Loving your enemy: rape, sex, childbirth, and politics post-armed conflict -- Conclusion: Displacing war mythology and developmental logic.

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