Books by Swarna Rajagopalan
Papers by Swarna Rajagopalan
Identidad Y Autogobierno En Sociedades Multiculturales 2002 Isbn 84 344 1820 7 Pags 267 292, 2002
... hierarchy of a predominantly patriarchal world, however, more women and girls experience gend... more ... hierarchy of a predominantly patriarchal world, however, more women and girls experience gender violence than do men or sexual minorities. ... displacement is a function of conflict, disasters and development projects, then, even leaving out other forms of forced migration such ...
This was written as part of a project on UN Security Council Resolution 1325. It explores the pol... more This was written as part of a project on UN Security Council Resolution 1325. It explores the political participation of women in peace-building and politics in four South Asian post-conflict settings: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. A considerably shorter version appears in the project volume, but this larger paper is unpublished. Do use it, but do not cite or circulate without permission.
Lanka and the late 1980s in Kashmir, thousands of young men and women have given up everyday purs... more Lanka and the late 1980s in Kashmir, thousands of young men and women have given up everyday pursuits and dreams in order to fight for their "nation." Decades of petitioning and protest that elicit no meaningful response from the government transform death and martyrdom into forms of political agency. Like the United States, Southeast Asian governments have also discovered that regional cooperation is essential for countering transnational terror cells.
The theme for this conference posits a gap between what researchers study and what policy-makers ... more The theme for this conference posits a gap between what researchers study and what policy-makers consider important. 1 This essay will show that when we discuss the security of women, the true disjuncture is between research and policy on the one hand and reality on the other.
What does it mean to adopt a feminist perspective on foreign policy?
How do you make it possible for people who have been fighting bitterly with each other to resume ... more How do you make it possible for people who have been fighting bitterly with each other to resume their lives, living together and moving past their experiences after violent ruptures in a way of being? This essay surveys the stories of two Indian epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, to glean what reconciliation might mean to Indians, and by extension, what approaches to reconciliation might be consistent with Indian ways of being, doing and seeing. Two kinds of ruptures are studied: Considered here are irrevocable ruptures like war and bereavement and ruptures like displacement which may be reversed. The essay culminates in a list of entry-points within Indian cultural tradition from which reconciliation may be facilitated.
The overlay of conflict, displacement and gender violence is altogether so traumatic as to beg th... more The overlay of conflict, displacement and gender violence is altogether so traumatic as to beg the question: is true, sustainable peace possible where the experience of gender violence is both widespread and deeply embedded? A discussion about gender violence and peace-building takes us back to very old questions about peace and justice, which this essay explores by summarising what we know about gender violence, conflict and displacement.
Security and South Asia: ideas, institutions …, Jan 1, 2006
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Books by Swarna Rajagopalan
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