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An Intersectional Analysis of International Relations: Recasting the Discipline

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2008

Brooke Ackerly  and
Jacqui True
Brooke Ackerly
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University
Jacqui True
Affiliation:
University of Auckland
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In this essay we use a basic feminist analytical tool, intersectionality, to understand why we do not see more women across the spectrum and at all levels in the international relations field in the United States. Our intersectional analysis reveals that to understand why women are underrepresented in IR, we should not look harder at women in IR but rather at IR as a discipline.

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Critical Perspectives on Gender and Politics
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Politics & Gender , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 156 - 173
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Copyright © The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association 2008

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